Mikael Pedersen, GEUS – WP2 leaderKaty Lee, BGS – WP3 leader
EGDI-Scope Full Consortium Meeting, Vienna 28th April 2014
Why develop an EGDI?◦ To make a sustainable platform for European geological
datasets and information
Why develop use cases?◦ To ensure usability of the future EGDI
-> Usability is key to sustainability!
What do users request?◦ Easy accessible and reliable data and information ◦ Intuitive functionality
What do users not have today?◦ Answers to many basic questions needing geological data.
Have provided clearer picture of use situations
Have provided insight into issues dealt with by past European project
Have provided requirements for◦ Data◦ Functionality◦ System design and operation
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Energy minerals / resources• Shale gas, oil shale, shale
oil• Solid fuel minerals• Oil and gas• Gas hydrates
Non-Energy minerals / resources
• Metals• Industrial minerals• Construction materials
Other natural resources• Freshwater• Soils• Seas and oceans
Geohazards• Earthquakes• Volcanoes• Flooding• Subsidence• Landslides• Erosion• Mining• Geochemical: Radon,
Mercury…
Other• Geothermal• CCS• Secondary raw materials and
waste• Urban• Climate change• Aquifers• Ecosystems• Higher-res geological maps• 3D geology• Marine• Geochemistry• Radioactive waste• Land use
Geology
Raw Materials
Water
Geohazards
SoilPartners
Stakeholders
Themes
Geology◦ OneGeologyEurope 1: 1 million surface geology ◦ OneGeologyEurope 1:1 million bedrock◦ EMODnet-Geology I - 1:1 million substrate map
Mineral Resources◦ Promine dataset on mineral deposits,anthropogenic
concentration layers, mineral potential maps, predictive maps◦ EuroGeoSource dataset on mineral occurrences and mines
◦ -> Minerals4EU & EURare
Water Resources◦ Hydrogeological map of Europe (IHME) 1: 1.5 million. ◦ Aquifer Typologies for hydrochemical characterization (BRIDGE
project)
Geohazards PanGeo ground stability polygons, geohazard descriptions and
associated PSI data
Soil Geochemical distribution maps based on GEMAS Soil/parent material map?
GeologyA geologist creating a geological map of the Alps for an excursionA geology student making a map showing the distribution of Archaean rocks in EuropeA consultant wanting to evaluate and download the marine substrate map from a specific offshore area.
Mineral ResourcesA geologist preparing a report of the best REE deposits in Europe for the CommissionAn Internet user wanting an overview of the largest REE deposits in Europe
Water ResourcesThe EEA assessing the groundwater chemical status based on natural background levels of pollutants
GeohazardsA local authority planner assessing inhabited areas in risk of subsidence
Superficial depositsThe EEA wanting to download the 1GE+ geological map of Europe for ecosystem mapping using desktop GIS applicationsThe EEA wanting to assess the effect of Phosphorous in superficial deposits on certain European ecosystems
Expert Users
Decision Makers
The General Public
Knowledge Base Pool of Experts
Geological Service
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The use cases support the concept of a European Geological Information System
But….
An underlying data infrastructure will probably be needed in some cases
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