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OneGeology
Technical meeting
Utrecht
30-31 May 2007
Ian Jackson
30 May 2007
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Contents of this presentation
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Review & current status of OneGeology
Scope and objectives of this meeting
What’s out of scope
Considerations
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OneGeology (or 1G) is….
A project to make web-accessible the
best available geological map data
worldwide at a scale of about 1:1 million,
as a Geological Survey contribution to
the International Year of Planet Earth
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1G is about making the data interoperable
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1G is not about harmonising the data
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Who is backing 1G?
International Bodies
International Year of Planet
Earth (IYPE)
www.yearofplanetearth.org
GSO
An international consortium of
Geological Surveys
Commission for the
Geological Map of the World
(CGMW)
http://ccgm.free.fr/
International Steering Committee
for Global Mapping (ISCGM)
www.iscgm.org
International Union of
Geological Sciences (IUGS)
www.iugs.org/
UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/en/
Co-ordinating Committee for
Geoscience Programmes in
East and Southeast Asia
(CCOP) www.ccop.org.th/
Commission for the Management
and Application of Geoscience
Information (CGI)
www.cgi-iugs.org
International Lithosphere Program
http://sclilp.gfz-potsdam.de/
EuroGeoSurveys
http://www.eurogeosurveys.org/
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We are now 65 participating nations
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The objectives
• Making existing geological map data accessible
– in whatever digital format is available in the
participating country
• Transferring know-how to those who need it
• Stimulate a rapid increase in interoperability (ie
disseminate GeoSciML further and faster)
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That means OneGeology is:
• focusing on Internet access to digital data rather
than paper maps - society wants its information ondemand
• adopting an approach that recognizes that different
nations have differing abilities to participate.
• facilitating the transfer of know-how and technical
expertise and data between nations - Cutting the
learning curve and costs to nations with limited
resources
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The Outcome
“The Brighton Accord”
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81 participants from 43 nations and 53 national
and international bodies
Agreed OneGeology should go forward
Mission: improve the accessibility of global,
regional and national geological map data and
increase its usefulness to society
Focus on making accessible existing geological
map coverage
Recognise that this will catalyse scientific
harmonisation of map data globally.
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The Brighton Accord - continued
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Priority is access to ~1:1 million data but with links
and interoperable with applications for societal
access and wider-resolution mapping.
Aims to benefit society and improve the efficiency
and effectiveness of Geological Surveys.
Participants to seek funding to support 1G and
develop strategies to provide mutual assistance to
build participant capacity.
Data distributed will be owned by the originating
Geological Survey and ideally be available at no
cost.
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The Brighton Accord - continued
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Governance: Steering Group of Geological Survey
representatives with link to international bodies
Must interact with the wider geo-spatial community
Secretariat based in the BGS until Dec. 2008
Priority: make available interoperable, Internetaccessible, scientifically-attributed data
Progress at levels appropriate to participants’ capability
Geological Surveys to work together to develop
interchange standard to make their data interoperable
Progress to be presented at the International
Geological Congress in Oslo in 2008
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Summary of 60 weeks (February 2006 – May 2007)
• 65 Geological Surveys around the world have expressed
interest in 1G
• 8 global bodies, 2 international geoscience organisations, 2
multinational companies and 3 celebrities are actively
supporting 1G!
• Kick-off Workshop concluded successfully in an Accord
(agreed by 81 participants from 43 nations & 53
organisations)
• 1G has momentum and has captured the imagination of
people inside and outside the geosciences.
• BGS have allocated an initial €150 000 to move project
forward in 2007/08, TNO are supporting first Tech. Workshop
Today!
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Scope and objectives of this meeting
• To make a practical start on the OneGeology
~1:1 million scale initiative
• To do this in conformance with the Brighton Accord
and the Technical breakout group outcome
• To initiate a prototype 1G portal/web site as soon
as possible (something available before 31
December 2007 if possible……?)
• To develop an action plan and allocate the tasks for
all involved partners, to meet the above objectives
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What’s out of scope at this meeting
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Overall project resources and funding
Financial assistance to developing nations
Intellectual property rights
OneGeology governance
Geopolitics.
Communication
Website, other than the map portal
These are to be discussed at a separate meeting to
which all will be again invited
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Considerations
The prototype portal/web site must:
• demonstrate the broad extent of the 1G concept
including making web map services (images – from
paper maps or vector or raster data) )and vector
data as XML (GeoSciML) available for viewing and
using.
• Must be based upon open standards
• Can be unilingual (English) in this first instance
• Show data from as many continents a possible.
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Considerations
• Aim is to share the prototype tasks amongst the
participants
• URL of the prototype and associated documentation
to go to all 1G participants for comment
• Quick deployment takes priority over depth-of-data,
uniformity, and sophistication
• Purpose of the exercise is to provide a tangible
"strawman" to illustrate and test the concept
• Allows us to move forward practically through "buildreview-revise"
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Considerations
• GeoSciML is the potential supporting technology
for 1G
• 1G and GeoSciML are symbiotic but distinct.
• Cataloguing available geological maps/coverages
is not a priority at this stage.
• 1G participants are expected to contribute own
resources for this prototype development project
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Thank you
Good luck!
Any questions ?
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