armasuisseFederal Office of Topography swisstopoSwiss Geological Survey
Geology-Portal
Nils Oesterling & Andreas KühniSwiss Geological Survey
8th Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2010, FribourgSymposium 14: Geoscience & Geoinformation
Enhancing the availability of geological information
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• Background
• Objectives
• Organisation of the project
• Structure of content
• Screendesign
• Outlook
Agenda
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Background
• Heterogeneous Geology-Community
• Large variety of data and information relevant to geology
• Restricted accessibility of data and information
• Central gateway to data and information does not exist yet
• Swiss Geological Survey (SGS) has to coordinate actvities (LGeolV)
• Geological Information System is under construction
Universities
Major projects
Cantons
Geological consultants
Associations & Societies
Commissions
Geological surveys
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Geological Information System
Technical backbone
Trigger etc.
Data and information
Geology-Portal
Databases
Applications
Services
Processes
Topics
Metadata
Sectors
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Objectives
• Built and make available a central platform
for the Swiss Geology-Community
• Enhance accessibility to data and
information
• Improve communication among the
members of the Geology-Community
• Enhance awareness of geology in society
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Organisation of the project
project principalSGS
project managerSGS
project team• CHGEOL• SCNAT• SGTK• SGPK• SGS
Supplier (internally)• COSIG
Supplier (externally)• metaphor GmbH
• Definition of content• Structuring of content• Creation of content
• IT-Support• Operation of
portal
• Development of screendesign
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Project schedule
V1
V2
FSDI
Realisation Operation
Built-up FSDI-Infrastructure
Content, Organisation
Technical concept
Realisation Operation
2011 2012 2013Geology-Portal
Content
Experience
Interface
Websites: CHGEOL, SCNAT, SGS, SGTK,SGPK
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Structure of contentCategories:
Home
News
Topics
Data
About
Knowledge
Community
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Structure of content
Topics:• Geothermal energy• Energy resources• Energy supply
Groups of topics:
Basics
Water
Mineral resources
Energy
Natural hazards
Geology in everyday life
Constructions Planning for the future
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Newsticker
Categories
Access for …
Screendesign
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Alphabetic access
Context
Search
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Information on topics
Content
Teaser image
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Outlook
• Mid-February 2011: GoLive Geology-Portal
• 25.2.2011: Colloquium at swisstopo: «Geologie-Portal – Die zentrale Plattform der Schweizer Geologie-Szene»
• Late 2011: Content fully implemented in 3-4 languages
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Thank you for your attention …
… and many thanks to:
• Rainer Kündig, Donat Fulda (SGTK);
• Pierre Dèzes (SCNAT)
• Pierre Christ (CHGEOL)
• Roland Baumberger, Beat Niederberger, Milan Beres and Stefan Strasky (SGS)
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