Are you learning to map in Google Earth, QGIS or ArcGIS? Read our helpful guide that outlines the common file types you’re likely to come across now that you’ve begun your mapping journey.

Andrew, Tim and Jaden travel to Canberra, speaking to AWS employees and partners about Indigenous digital inclusion and the work Winyama has been up to using AWS services and products.

Winyama works in partnership with Indigenous communities to create cultural maps. Cultural mapping is the process of Indigenous placemaking. Indigenous landscapes are alive with local stories, practices, relationships, memories, and rituals that constitute places as meaningful locations. Cultural mapping is increasingly being seen as a useful way for Indigenous communities to communicate effectively the value of place to non-Indigenous stakeholders.

Two way science is a philosophy of teaching and learning that connects Western science with Indigenous science under the Australian school curriculum.

Cultural history brings to life a past time and place. Indigenous art has been shaped by common factors such as the environment and historical events, shared between different tribes. The history behind Aboriginal icons looks further back into the symbolism in Aboriginal art which is deeply focused on the Dreamtime. This period of time was believed to be when the world was created according to Aboriginal culture.

Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP) is a term used globally to refer to the basic human rights of Indigenous communities to protect and use their traditional knowledge and forms of traditional cultural expression. However, in Australia there is no specific IP law that protects ICIP.

Hear the career journey of three talented women in tech and learn more about free opportunities to learn coding and digital mapping skills.

Five of our team members travelled to Broome recently to facilitate QGIS fire mapping at Kimberley Land Council’s Women in Fire Forum 2022.

Places in remote Australia often don’t have an address attached to them. So what do you do if you want to let people know that place exists? You generate a Google Plus Code.

Managing Director, Andrew Dowding presented at Geo for Good 2021 alongside other Indigenous mapping experts on the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Panel.

Winyama team members, Senior GIS Analyst, Marty Rocks and IT Consultant, Tim Cable present at FOSS4G 2021; a conference that celebrates open source geospatial technology.

How geospatial skills can help future generations.

Winyama used Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 to scale OpenDroneMap to meet image processing requirements for Indigenous Mapping Workshop Australia.

Khia Emslie-O’Brien shares how she found her passion for art and science in a geospatial internship.

Andrew Dowding speaks to West Australian CEDA trustees on Indigenous participation in the digital economy.

Hear from Grady about his experience as a Cloud Intern at Winyama.

The Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP) stimulates Indigenous entrepreneurship, business development, economic engagement and has positive flow-on effects to communities that surround the Indigenous-owned and operated organisation you are looking to employ.

The Winyama team were invited to Port Hedland to discuss the development of the new Pilbara Cultural and Land Management Project (PCLMP).

The Indigenous Mapping Workshop Australia and its partners, seek to create a community of digitally empowered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want to learn about Earth Observation and get involved in the wider Earth Observation community.

If you belong to a ranger group or manage a large expanse of land, using a drone to survey and collect data can be a low-cost and effective way to assist in caring for Country. Read our practical tips and find resources here to get you started.