About

Groundtruth’s mission is to help organisations work smarter by making use of geospatial information in their business processes. We believe that the use of open standards is crucial to the long-term success and sustainability of any GIS project.

Team

Simon O’Keefe

Simon has run Groundtruth for twelve years, providing GIS consulting, technical support and software development services for local government clients. As a system architect, he has conducted GIS Reviews for councils and implemented spatial databases and open source tools to replace proprietary GIS environments.

Hervé Senot

Hervé holds a Masters Degree in Engineering, and has worked as a spatial analyst and web application developer for Oracle, Victorian Department of Primary Industries, Australia Post and Melbourne University. His skills include Oracle, SQL Server and PostGIS spatial databases, as well as JavaScript, Python, PHP and Java languages for application development.

Gerry Battaglia

Gerry holds a Bachelor of Land Information (RMIT) and has 12 years experience as a GIS Co-ordinator with City of Stonnington and Brimbank City Council. He has extensive knowledge in the implementation and maintenance of local government GIS and has developed and implemented a number of GIS Strategies. He is an early adopter of Microsoft’s SQL Server Spatial in local government.

Clients

State Government

  • Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment

Metropolitan Municipalities

  • City of Casey
  • City of Greater Bendigo
  • Frankston City Council
  • Glen Eira City Council
  • Kingston City Council
  • Knox City Council
  • Maribyrnong City Council
  • Maroondah City Council
  • Monash City Council
  • Moreland City Council
  • Nillumbik Shire Council
  • Shire of Yarra Ranges

Rural Municipalites

  • Greater Shepparton City Council
  • Mildura Rural City Council
  • Swan Hill Rural City Council
  • Horsham Rural City Council
  • Ararat Rural City Council
  • Baw Baw Shire Council
  • Bass Coast Shire Council
  • Buloke Shire Council
  • Shire of Campaspe
  • Cardinia Shire Council
  • Colac Otway Shire Council
  • Corangamite Shire Council
  • East Gippsland Shire Council
  • Gannawarra Shire Council
  • Glenelg Shire Council
  • Golden Plains Shire Council
  • Hepburn Shire Council
  • Hindmarsh Shire Council
  • Indigo Shire Council
  • Loddon Shire Council
  • Mansfield Shire Council
  • Melton Shire Council
  • Mitchell Shire Council
  • Moira Shire Council
  • Moorabool Shire Council
  • Mount Alexander Shire Council
  • Moyne Shire Council
  • Murrindindi Shire Council
  • South Gippsland Shire Council
  • Southern Grampians Shire Council
  • Strathbogie Shire Council
  • Surf Coast Shire Council
  • West Wimmera Shire Council

Catchment Management Authorites

  • Glenelg-Hopkins Catchment Management Authority
  • Corangamite Catchment Management Authority

Water Authorities

  • Grampians Water
  • Glenelg Water

Valuers

  • Southern Cross Property Services
  • Rating Valuation Services
  • David Milburn
  • A & L Harvey Valuation Services

Others

  • Neil Clark and Associates
  • Ibis Information Systems
  • Open Office Pty Ltd
  • Hancock Victorian Plantations
  • Omnilink
  • MakoMap