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- concepts and contributions from Norway

Sverre Iversen, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)ICC Conference Santiago, Chile 15-21. November 2009

«One Geology»,the global geological jig-saw puzzle

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Contents• OneGeology initiative (1G)• OneGeology Europe (1GE)• 1GE portal examples• 1GE Metadata editor• Vocabularies & GeoSciML• NGU Service architecture• Conclusions & Outlook• Useful Links

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OneGeology initiative

• make geological map data for the Earth accessible

• contribution to the International Year of Planet Earth

• useful for the environment, the industry, development aid and planning

• founded on standards• >110 countries participate and >40 of these

provide services

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March 2006September 2006December 2006March 2007June 2007September 2007December 2007March 2008June 2008September 2008December 2008March 2009June 2009September 2009

OneGeology initiative - the participation timeline

www.onegeology.org

Participating nation Participating nation and data server

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OneGeology Europe• A two year project - started in autumn 2008

with a budget of 3.25M€ (80% EU funded).• Harmonise and share dataset critical for

society - groundwater, soils & bedrock, geohazards and pollution.

• Make a significant contribution to INSPIRE • From 1:1 M to high resolution services.• Multilingual metadata service.• 10 Work Packages (WP).• 29 Partners from 20 countries.

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OneGeology Europe- participating countries

OneGeology-Europe data provider and consortium member

OneGeology data provider

www.onegeology-europe.eu

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OneGeology Europe- work packages – a selection

• WP3: 1:1 M pan-European Services• WP4: Metadata Service• WP5: Standards• WP6: Portal• WP9: High resolution Services

onegeology-europe.brgm.fr

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1GE portal examples- Surface geology: harmonized age & topography

onegeology-europe.brgm.fr/geoportal

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1GE portal examples- Surface geology: harmonized age & topography

onegeology-europe.brgm.fr/geoportal

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1GE portal examples - Geohazards: radon & topography

onegeology-europe.brgm.fr/geoportal

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1GE portal examples - Geohazards: rock fall & topography

onegeology-europe.brgm.fr/geoportal

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Metadata editor - named MIcKA

• Hosted by the Czech Geological Survey. • Compliant with INSPIRE and ISO.• Multilingual GUI – now 16 languages. • Harvesting and editing:

– Create and edit new metadata.– Import of ISO metadata.– import through WFS & WMS URL’s.

• Providers of Metadata must translate key elements to English.

• Cookbook & metadata profile for 1GE under development.

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NGU Service architecture- two kinds of audience

MapServer

1GEConnector

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Mapserver

NGU Service architecture - 1GE Connector

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lang=no

NGU Service architecture - 1GE Connector: mappings

GeoSciMLEncoding

ExposedLayer

ExposedService

Layerlang=enDB

Field

DBField

lang=no

DBField

DBField

DBFields

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XML configuration

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1GE Portal

NGU1GE Connector

Other Member State1GE Connector

GeologyServices

* TopographyServices

* OtherServices

* IP authorization

NGU Service architecture - external services through IP-authorization

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Conclusions & Outlook• Brilliant guidance by British Geological

Survey (BGS) and Bureau of Geological and Mining Research – France (BRGM). Made us implement for 1G easier.

• We need more high resolution topographic services.

• Delayed vocabularies means delayed services.

• Portal & Service design can still improve.• Improved usability means further

harmonisation.

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• OneGeology– www.onegeology.org– portal.onegeology.org

• OneGeology Europe– www.onegeology-europe.eu– onegeology-europe.brgm.fr/geoportal– http://one.geology.cz/metadata/

• Geological Survey of Norway– geo.ngu.no/pub/ICC09SverreIversenNorway1G.htm– geo.ngu.no/NGU_Bedrock_and_Superficial_Geology/– geo.ngu.no/NGU_Bedrock_and_Superficial_Geology/1GTasksNGU.pdf

Useful links