ESS has invested a significant amount of time investigating the functions and practicalities of Cybertracker - field based data collection software. ESS is customising numerous Cybertracker applications to help indigenous groups streamline their data collection practices. Indigenous groups can now use these devices to collect data in the field then automatically transfer that data to their own centralised database. This allows information collected in the field to be shared easily and appropriately with community menbers, researchers and external stakeholders.

ESS has developed a customised Cybertracker solution to allow rangers and traditional owners in the Gawler Ranges to collect cultural heritage related data from the field and transfer that data directly into their Cultural and Ecological Information Management System (CEIMS).

In consultation with the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council ESS has recently implemented the Kaartdijin Noongar – Sharing Noongar Culture website. The aim of the website is to share the richness of knowledge, culture and history in order to strengthen community and to promote wider understanding of Noongar people. The website links directly to their cultural database allowing non sensitive photos, videos and oral histories to be shared via the internet. This website is now live and can be viewed at http://www.noongarculture.org.au

The Canning Stock Route Database (CSRD) provides an organised structure for recording site locations, site descriptions, details of rock art motifs, photos, video, audio files and other materials derived from aboriginal cultural heritage surveys. Existing data has been collated formatted and archived into the CSRD which provides a means to deliver the collected materials back to traditional owners, researchers and associated project partners