For ecology, environmental and planning teams
The desk work, done in minutes. With sources.
Open Ecology gives your ecologists, environmental staff and planners cited Queensland site facts, constraints and standard figures in seconds, the same way every time, inside the tools they already use: Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or the browser.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Gemini
- Web browser
- API
Time back, consistency in, cost out
Most of the hours at the start of an ecology job go on the same searches and the same figures. Open Ecology does that part, so your specialists spend their time on judgement.
Hours back on every job
Lot, area, council, coordinates, mapped constraints and the right State reports, in one query instead of an afternoon across Queensland Globe, SmartMap and council maps.
The same answer, every time
Every ecologist gets the same facts, from the same sources, with the source and date attached. Reviews check judgement, not whether the lot number was copied correctly.
Drafting and basic GIS, without the queue
Standard figures such as locality, regulated vegetation and regional ecosystems come straight from a lot on plan, so the ecologist produces them while your drafting team keeps the complex work.
Facts with sources, not guesses
Answers come from Queensland Government data under open licences, cited and dated, and professional judgement stays with your people.
| Task | Today | With Open Ecology |
|---|---|---|
| Confirm the site | Address to lot on plan across several map viewers; multi-lot addresses missed | One query returns every candidate lot, area, council and coordinates Live |
| Desktop constraints | Layer by layer in State and council viewers, screenshots pasted into notes | One screen of mapped constraints, each with source and date Pilot |
| Standard figures | Request to a drafter or GIS officer, then wait in the queue | Ecologist generates locality, vegetation and RE figures from the lot Pilot |
| Consistency across the team | Depends on who wrote it and which viewer they used | Same sources, same wording, your firm's own settings Pilot |
Try it on a real site
Free, no sign-in. Enter an address, a lot on plan or a GPS position anywhere in Queensland.
Nothing you enter is stored.
Works where your team already works
Open Ecology is built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the open standard AI assistants use to call trusted tools. Your people ask in Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, and the answer comes back cited.
- Microsoft 365 CopilotThe Open Ecology agent for organisations is in pilot: deployed by your IT to the groups you choose, with sign-in through Microsoft Entra.
- ChatGPT, Claude and GeminiAdd the endpoint as a connector or MCP server where your plan allows it. The free tools need no sign-in.
- Browser and APIThe same answers on this site and through a JSON API, so nobody is tied to one assistant.
Skills for the jobs that take the time
Each skill is a set of tools your assistant can use for one job, built by ecologists for ecology, environmental and planning practice.
Quoting
From a lot on plan and a job type to a staged scope, survey effort and seasonal timing, your firm's rates and partner costs, a fee table with GST, and a proposal in your template. Client details checked against the ABN register. The same scope and pricing logic for every estimator.
Report writing
Finds statements that need a reference, checks every citation exists and is current, catches lot numbers, areas and dates that disagree across the report, and learns your principal's preferences from their tracked changes, so the same correction is never made twice.
Basic drafting and GIS
Standard figures from a lot on plan with legend, scale, title block and sources. Buffers, corridors and clearing areas from plain instructions. Editable QGIS project with every set.
Site facts
Address, lot or GPS to lot, area, council, coordinates, sun and moon times, and the free State reports to request. Free, in the browser and through MCP.
Your ecologists should spend their time on judgement, not on finding the lot number.
Open Ecology supplies facts and sources: what is mapped, where, from which dataset, as at which date. It does not give ecological, planning or legal advice, and it does not replace your specialists. It removes the repeated searching and drafting around them.
Team and enterprise pilots add constraints screening, species and survey timing, legislation search, standard figures, your firm's own settings, single sign-on and Australian hosting. See plans.