Fortescue’s geospatial team identified FME Server as the ideal platform for a new Web-based self-service solution – known as the Portal for Environmental Data Submissions (PEDS) – to ensure the integrity of its environmental data.

1. Biological data validation for
compliance

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Priyantha Pallegama
Senior Consultant
1Spatial Australia

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13.1M Ha of
Biological Surveys
Fortescue manages over 5.7M Ha of land
and adheres to Federal and State Legislation
for environmental compliance

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Data validation of biological surveys submitted
by consultants was a manual and
labour-intensive process
Potential to automate the existing manual
process to increase efficiency and reliability
Ability to validate data at time of submission to
ensure compliance and integrity in reporting
and downstream processes
Opportunity

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Challenges
Validating data against Fortescue’s biological
survey data model and guidelines
Flexibility to allow for model and data guideline
changes and updates
Solution needed to meet Fortescue cyber
security standards, including penetration
testing
Creating an interface between consultants and
the Environment Governance team

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Portal for Environmental Data
Submissions (PEDS)
Solution
- Biological surveys for compliance
- Automated validation and integration of
survey data

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- Web-based self-service user interface
- Validation of submitted data
- Integration with document record system to
validate document number
- Configuration of FME server
- Notifications to consultant and Environment
Manager
- Expandable to allow for new validation rules
Solution

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Architecture

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Web UI and Report

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Attribute Validation Custom Transformer

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- Improves data integrity
- Mitigates risk of potential
environmental non-compliance or
breach
- Automates a repetitive, manual
process
- Flexible and dynamic design to
allow for rule changes
Benefits

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Desktop and Server provide a total solution
Web UI, Dynamic Report Generation, Complex Data Validation, Dynamic Rules Processing,
Data Integration, etc.

14. Thank You!
priyantha.pallegama@1spatial.com