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The Infinite GridSM

INTRODUCTION


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Uses: •Coordinates from a reference datum•Direction•Magnitude A Vector

Conventional Mapping


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These maps are vector based, where map features are referenced as points.

That keeps the file size small, but screen drawing time long

Conventional Mapping

They define a horizontal direction of Longitude where the surface of a sphere is divided into 360°.

They define a vertical direction of Latitude where a hemisphere is divided into 180 °.


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The Infinite GridSM divides Longitude and Latitude into tiles of area. All features and information are referenced by area, not by vector.

The Infinite GridSM

The difference is subtle - but very far-reaching


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The Infinite GridSM highest level (IG0) encompasses the whole globe in one tile.

This is divided into 9 X 9 tiles, each covering 45 ° Long. and 22.5 ° Lat. for level IG1.

Each IG1 tile is in turn divided into smaller tiles, and at IG8 each tile size is approximately 11.8 x 6.9 ft.

The Infinite GridSM

Each tile is reference by the tile number vertically and horizontally at each level. Thus an IG1 tile might be 23. An IG2 tile might be 14.46. An IG3 tile might be 21.45.33, etc.


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The Infinite GridSM


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Why not use Longitude & Latitude references instead of

Infinite GridSM references?

1. Since Longitude and Latitude already describe map axes, a separate reference scheme is needed to describe areas.

2. Only two single digits are needed to indicate each tile for an IG (Infinite GridSM) reference.


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This arrangement allow XML referencing of all data that can have an IG reference attached to be displayed together.

That means that a common access format solves all the problems of combining mapping and spatial data together.

It also puts the power in the hands of the average user - to relate data from disparate sources directly on the desktop.

Why is all this important?


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Before the spreadsheet was invented, business financial planning and reporting was the domain of experts.

NOW, the power is in the hands of the average user. This has restructured business radically.

Could it really make a difference?


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Before the Internet, business intelligence was difficult to collect.

Who buys anything, now, without getting all the pertinent information, and comparing the competitor’s products before buying?

Remember the days before the Internet?


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A windows style application A ‘vanilla’ map of the globe Sets of standard templates A set of presentation tools – color codes, overlay orders, transparency options formatting, arrows, text boxes, etc. Curvature correction

The Infinite GridSM -> the ‘New Excel’

A 3D rotator for XYZ views A data editor window for arrays of data like spreadsheet etc. A sequencer for time phased data A scripter or macro editor


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Combine and overlayDrill downLook in 3DLook for gapsLook for relationshipsExtrapolate for strata and geology

Topography

Drill plan maps

Outcrop maps

Palaeontology maps

Sample analyses

Drilling reports

Lithography

Wireline

Case Study - Petroleum


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Giving access to data is a mandate for many sectors of government. Selling data is the value point of business. IG and the internet creates the ideal connection tool for both.

XML allows content to be directly located by search engines

XML coded IG data and graphics make the internet a magnificent access tool to extract relationships between all kinds of knowledge

Infinite GridSM and the Web


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Public data

Local government

Bureau of Statistics

Meteorological

Agricultural

Geographical

Health

Non-profit organisations

Commercial data

Financial

Trading

Specialised databases

Export

Sales and Product data

Project data

Research

Sources of Infinite GridSM data


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How to Convert to IGDatabases &

Spreadsheets

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IG Spatial

Co-ordinates

& Timestamp

Data Record

Images &

Mapping

Cadastral Raster

Convert Long. & Lat.

to IG


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•Computationally intensive

• Can only database point coordinates

• Is not inherently graphical

• Not convenient to search

• Multitude of incompatible file standards

Pro’s & Con’s of Vector Mapping

Pro’s

• Existing

• Universal in some applications

• Small data files

• Relates to physical things

Con’s


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• Easy to merge and compare unrelated data

• Available as to be an interchange format

• Easy to visualise and self-consistent

• Dynamically drill-able

• Area based rather than point based

• Inherently graphical

Pro’s & Con’s of the Infinite GridSM

Pro’s Con’s

•Larger data files

•Requires conversion step from vector

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