I would like to show my respect and acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the Kaurna people, and of elders past and present, on which this meeting takes place.
Not an existential question...
Edd Lewis
BGS Geologist/Standards Lead (& FOSS advocate)
10 years in MinEx/Mining (>5 in Australia)
2 years in Government (Data StandardsCapacity Building/Mineral Promotion/Resource Policy)
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BGS•Σigma
Groundog Desktop
Text Mining
UKGEOS
Standards & Bits
GeoVisionary > SIGMA > GroundHog
Central Data Store
First immersive 3D Visualisation Facility
February 2005
Virtalis Stereoworks
Christie projector: 1400 x1050 pixels @ 100Hz, 4000 lumens
Main use: display of 3D models from Digital Geoscience Spatial Model Programme
Originated in BGS – Virtalis R&D collaboration
October 2006: VFR – virtual field reconnaissance – improve results and efficiency of fieldwork using VR technology
Solved the problem of utilising BIG datasets – terabytes of terrain and imagery
Real value realised when data are integrated and interpreted as one
Combine any resolution of elevation data with:
imagery, 3D geological models, GIS layers, CAD models, etc
seamless movement through the datasets
Supports time
Virtual geological toolkit enables geoscientists to analyse and interpret data
Useful low cost visualisation
Immersive
Not so good for working together…
Great working environment to understand, interpret and communicate complex 3D information – a common visual language
Greatly increased fieldwork efficiency – make better, faster decisions
Impressive for presentations
Training/Customisation/Development
Integrated tool kit for digital geological data capture
Price: Free!
Wanted a new approach with consistant data: field, maps, 3D models, other data products
Prototyped 2001
First release 2006
Latest release 2015
Suite of tools to assist in map compilation and decision making
Training/Customisation/Development
Borehole Database Integration
Direct link to BGS & OS Web Services
Collab: BGS, GTK, SGU
Latest release 2020!
Community & Professional Editions
Price: Free! (Community edition)
Only interpolation engine geared to shallow quaternary deposits
Moved away from PDF to HTML. Hosted and built on Github Pages using Sphinx
Training/Customisation/Development
Team: Rachel Heaven, Simon Burden, Bob McIntosh, Ike Nkisi-Orji, Marcus Sen, Jo Walsh
Extract stratigraphic entities and observation locations from unstructured text
Interpreted map and model products can contain links to observed data points and conceptual ideas, presenting model uncertainty and provenance
Stratigraphy of an area of interest can be quickly understood from pre-existing literature, saving experts’ time
Explicit and implicit stratigraphic relations can be captured into reusable data for modelling constraints
Physiographic zones 1 and 2 cover the bulk
of the study area. Their character is primarily
controlled by bedrock type and glacial history. The
highly irregular middle zone (2) is underlain by
Permian and Triassic
rocks; the Permian strata include
Upper Permian
Zechstein sedimentary rocks that locally
crop out in the study area.
highly 0
irregular 0
middle 0
zone 0
is 0
underlain 0
by 0
Permian CHRONOSTRAT
Triassic 0
rocks 0
the 0
Permian CHRONOSTRAT
strata 0
include
Upper Permian CHRONOSTRAT
Zechstein LEXICON
sedimentary 0
java -cp
edu.stanford.nlp.ie.crf.CRFClassifier -
prop
A a network of observatories is being established to deliver essential new data from deep underground.
Value of geospatial is becoming more significant as the public and private sectors further embrace location
Standards play an important role in facilitating interoperability of location information and applications for improved situational awareness, business intelligence and decision making.
Recently included GeoPackage in data download options.
Starting to also receive GeoPackage with data requests
http://switchfromshapefile.org/Major issue of symbology tied to ESRI infrastructure
SLYR to the rescue!
ESRI to QGIS Compatibility Suite
Errors due to CRS (OSGB36) but styling is correct
Moving to Digital First - HTML
PDF publications have left us with significant legacy issues.
HTML UK Gov publishing standard
HTML vs PDFReviewing TerriaJS
Updated to latest version of GeoNetwork
Want to move away from 3DPDF
Looking to publish in glTF
Reviewing OGC 3D Tiles
Only took 6 days!
BGS always interested in collaboration
In both Research & Technology