
Cate Kooymans contributed to the GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config repository by delivering targeted improvements in configuration management and CI/CD workflows over a three-month period. She enhanced the stability and maintainability of FMC configuration files using Python and YAML, addressing import errors and improving formatting for better readability and reduced runtime issues. Cate modernized the CI pipeline by migrating from docker-compose to docker compose, ensuring reliable product definition tests and aligning with current Docker CLI standards. Her work also included standardizing configuration schemas and cleaning up file structures, which improved data pipeline reliability and reduced misconfigurations, demonstrating a thoughtful, detail-oriented engineering approach.

November 2025 focused on improving data freshness and reliability in the mosaic workflow for GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config. Delivered a default time parameter in the Mosaic Order configuration to ensure the latest imagery is used by default, reducing the need for manual overrides. This feature aligns configuration with data freshness goals and lowers operational risk by ensuring up-to-date data is consumed automatically. No separate bug fixes were logged for this repository in the period; the month was devoted to feature delivery with clear traceability and minimal risk.
November 2025 focused on improving data freshness and reliability in the mosaic workflow for GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config. Delivered a default time parameter in the Mosaic Order configuration to ensure the latest imagery is used by default, reducing the need for manual overrides. This feature aligns configuration with data freshness goals and lowers operational risk by ensuring up-to-date data is consumed automatically. No separate bug fixes were logged for this repository in the period; the month was devoted to feature delivery with clear traceability and minimal risk.
October 2025 performance summary for GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config. Delivered FMC Product Modernization and Configuration across WMS/TerriaJS, consolidating FMC into ga_s2_fmc_3_v1 in Production WMS, updating rolling window, and integrating new FMC layers with refined product metadata. Implemented Pixel click events template to enhance analytics. Performed formatting and syntax cleanup across FMC/config files to ensure valid parsing and readability. Refined Tarria catalogue and dea-config catalogue for usability and accuracy. Updated FMC inventory and data availability metadata to align with the new FMC product. These efforts enable faster data discovery, improved data availability, and more maintainable configurations, supporting smoother production deployment and analytics.
October 2025 performance summary for GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config. Delivered FMC Product Modernization and Configuration across WMS/TerriaJS, consolidating FMC into ga_s2_fmc_3_v1 in Production WMS, updating rolling window, and integrating new FMC layers with refined product metadata. Implemented Pixel click events template to enhance analytics. Performed formatting and syntax cleanup across FMC/config files to ensure valid parsing and readability. Refined Tarria catalogue and dea-config catalogue for usability and accuracy. Updated FMC inventory and data availability metadata to align with the new FMC product. These efforts enable faster data discovery, improved data availability, and more maintainable configurations, supporting smoother production deployment and analytics.
September 2025 monthly summary for GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config focusing on FMC Configuration Naming and Versioning Refactor and FMC Layer Documentation and Cleanup. Delivered standardized FMC identifiers, updated Sentinel-2 FMC product naming to v1, renamed fmc to fmc_prod for consistency, corrected naming syntax, and cleaned documentation by removing unused FMC layer entries and whitespace. These changes reduce downstream configuration errors, enable reliable automation, and set the stage for future configuration enhancements across the dea-config repository.
September 2025 monthly summary for GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config focusing on FMC Configuration Naming and Versioning Refactor and FMC Layer Documentation and Cleanup. Delivered standardized FMC identifiers, updated Sentinel-2 FMC product naming to v1, renamed fmc to fmc_prod for consistency, corrected naming syntax, and cleaned documentation by removing unused FMC layer entries and whitespace. These changes reduce downstream configuration errors, enable reliable automation, and set the stage for future configuration enhancements across the dea-config repository.
Concise monthly summary for GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config (2025-08). Focused on delivering user-facing features, improving data accuracy, and stabilizing FMC configuration throughout the month. Emphasizes business value, technical achievements, and cross-team impact.
Concise monthly summary for GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config (2025-08). Focused on delivering user-facing features, improving data accuracy, and stabilizing FMC configuration throughout the month. Emphasizes business value, technical achievements, and cross-team impact.
July 2025: Delivered key FMC visualization and product metadata improvements in GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config. Updated color ramp values for FMC to align with new standards and refined metadata descriptions for FMC, satellite image, and mosaic products to improve accuracy and clarity. This work enhances data interpretability for downstream workflows and supports standardized product configurations.
July 2025: Delivered key FMC visualization and product metadata improvements in GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config. Updated color ramp values for FMC to align with new standards and refined metadata descriptions for FMC, satellite image, and mosaic products to improve accuracy and clarity. This work enhances data interpretability for downstream workflows and supports standardized product configurations.
In 2025-06, GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config delivered key feature updates to the FMC mosaic and ensured data integrity through a JSON formatting fix. The team integrated Sentinel-2c data, enhanced color ramps and legends, and implemented backward-compatible style naming with cleanup of temporary checkpoint artifacts. These changes improve visualization consistency, data interoperability, and production reliability.
In 2025-06, GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config delivered key feature updates to the FMC mosaic and ensured data integrity through a JSON formatting fix. The team integrated Sentinel-2c data, enhanced color ramps and legends, and implemented backward-compatible style naming with cleanup of temporary checkpoint artifacts. These changes improve visualization consistency, data interoperability, and production reliability.
May 2025 performance summary for GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config. Focused on delivering Sentinel-2 FMC layers integration for S2A/S2B and ensuring robust visualization and data management. Key outcomes include the deployment of FMC layers via OGC/WMS with comprehensive styling, categorization, and resource configurations; ocean/land masks to support FMC mapping; hazard category updates; and consistent layer naming and inventory to improve discoverability. Major bugs fixed included syntax issues (missing commas) and layer-name mismatches that previously hindered layer registration and rendering. The work advances business value by enabling region-wide FMC analysis for risk assessment and decision support, reducing manual data wrangling, and improving map rendering reliability. Technologies/skills demonstrated: GIS data services (OGC/WMS), styling pipelines, configuration management, version control hygiene, and cross-repo collaboration.
May 2025 performance summary for GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config. Focused on delivering Sentinel-2 FMC layers integration for S2A/S2B and ensuring robust visualization and data management. Key outcomes include the deployment of FMC layers via OGC/WMS with comprehensive styling, categorization, and resource configurations; ocean/land masks to support FMC mapping; hazard category updates; and consistent layer naming and inventory to improve discoverability. Major bugs fixed included syntax issues (missing commas) and layer-name mismatches that previously hindered layer registration and rendering. The work advances business value by enabling region-wide FMC analysis for risk assessment and decision support, reducing manual data wrangling, and improving map rendering reliability. Technologies/skills demonstrated: GIS data services (OGC/WMS), styling pipelines, configuration management, version control hygiene, and cross-repo collaboration.
April 2025 monthly summary: Implemented FMC data enhancements and stability improvements in GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config. Key outcomes include new FMC product definitions and TerriaJS integration with ocean masking and improved legend, extensive FMC config syntax/indentation fixes, burn-related configuration enhancements, and expanded test coverage for Terria FMC/Burns (stacked burns and location filtering). These deliverables improve data visualization fidelity, parsing reliability, and analytics capabilities, strengthening business value and operational stability.
April 2025 monthly summary: Implemented FMC data enhancements and stability improvements in GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config. Key outcomes include new FMC product definitions and TerriaJS integration with ocean masking and improved legend, extensive FMC config syntax/indentation fixes, burn-related configuration enhancements, and expanded test coverage for Terria FMC/Burns (stacked burns and location filtering). These deliverables improve data visualization fidelity, parsing reliability, and analytics capabilities, strengthening business value and operational stability.
February 2025 monthly summary for GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config focusing on end-to-end integration and styling of the DEA Fuel Moisture Content (FMC) product within hazard layers. Delivered structured FMC configurations and visual styling aligned with existing hazard layer conventions, enabling display of Sentinel-2 FMC data and helping risk assessment workflows. The work improves data visibility, consistency across layers, and configurability for future FMC enhancements.
February 2025 monthly summary for GeoscienceAustralia/dea-config focusing on end-to-end integration and styling of the DEA Fuel Moisture Content (FMC) product within hazard layers. Delivered structured FMC configurations and visual styling aligned with existing hazard layer conventions, enabling display of Sentinel-2 FMC data and helping risk assessment workflows. The work improves data visibility, consistency across layers, and configurability for future FMC enhancements.
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