Geoscience Information Update 2016

1. Geoscience Information
Update 2016
new features, new data, new products
Bronwyn Witham
Geoscientist Databases

2. Geoscience Information and Services update
• New Maps & Data Packages
• New Publications
• Upgraded Systems
• New Data
• New Services
• New Web Functions
2015-2016 Highlights

3. New maps
Title: Kayrunnera 1:100 000 Geology (1)
Title: Bunda 1:100 000 Geology (2)
Title: Advanced Mineral Projects & Exploration
Highlights in New South Wales 2016 (3)
Title: Industrial Minerals of New South Wales
1:1 500 000 (4)
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2
4

4. New maps
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Title: Gosford-Lake Macquarie 1:100 000 Geology
Title: Sydney Area Coastal Quaternary 1:25 000 Geology (1)
Title: Tibooburra 1:100 000 Regolith (2)
Title: Grasmere 1:100 000 Geology (3)
Title: Nuchea 1:100 000 Geology (4)
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5. New data packages
Title: XplorPak2016 (1)
New South Wales Explorers Directory
Title: Coastal Quaternary Geology (2)
Title: Oaklands Basin Petroleum (3)
Title: Seamless Geology Zone 56 (4)
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1
3
4
Free
Free
$33 $110

6. New Publications
Subscribe to Quarterly Notes: www.resourcesandenergy.nsw.gov.au/about-us/subscribe
Quarterly
Notes
Title: Moss Vale 1:100 000 Geology Explanatory Notes (1)
Title: QNotes 144 New lead isotopic and geochronologic
constraints on mineralisation in the Macquarie Arc (2)
Title: QNotes 145 Seamless geology of New South Wales (3)
Title: QNotes 146 Coastal Quaternary mapping of the southern
Hunter to northern Illawarra regions, NSW (4)
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1
3 4
$35

7. http://www.resourcesandenergy.nsw.gov.au/miners-and-explorers/geoscience-
information/products-and-data/research-and-technical-reports
Research & Technical Reports
2014 2015 2016
Technical Reports
8 35 2
Palaeontology Papers
18 11 0
Other Research Papers
6 5 1

8. New Commodity Flyers
Fact Sheets covering:
• Rare earth elements
• Gypsum
• Coking coal
• Thermal coal

9. New Posters
Recent examples:
Title: Magnetic modelling & interpretation of
the Hay-Booligal Zone and its basement
Title: Defining major structures and their depth
extent under cover in the southern Thomson
Orogen, NSW
Title: A long overdue systematic revision of
Ordovician graptolite faunas from New South
Wales, Australia

10. Common Ground
• Designed for the community, to provide easy
access to titles information
http://commonground.nsw.gov.au
Soon to include
• water data map layers
• property search feature

11. New DIGS system: 2 collections
• Reports = old DIGS system
• Publications = old Geoscientific Product Catalogue
https://search.geoscience.nsw.gov.au/

12. DIGS: more powerful searching
• Basic vs Advanced
• Spatial
• Save searches

13. DIGS: spatial searching
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14. DIGS: finding relevant records
1. Sorting
2. Filtering
3. Exact matches vs any word
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15. DIGS: Geophysical images

16. DIGS: 3D models
• Topographic
surfaces
• Lithological
volumes
• Fault surfaces
• Confidence
attribution
volumes
Access via online viewer or
these file formats:
DXF, Gocad,
Leapfrog

17. Geoscientific Data Warehouse (GDW)
Focus of development for searching and discovering
GSNSW data sets, & associated reference layers
http://dwh.minerals.nsw.gov.au/CI/warehouse

18. GDW: new data sets
1. Core library resampling
reports in DIGS
2. Historic titles
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2

19. GDW: new data sets
• Whole rock
geochemistry
(GSNSW work & academic
research)
~ 27,000 samples
~ 629,000 results

20. GDW: new functions
• GIS friendly
download formats
for complex data
sets: assays, whole
rock geochemistry

21. GDW: explore hyperspectral data
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22. GDW: maps for mobile devices
• Web interface upgraded
to Drupal database
• New Seamless Geology
and Outcrops vector
maps
• Search georeferenced
detailed maps by locality

23. • CWEDG, SMEDG
• AIG workshop at Core Library
• Careers nights
• Newcastle Time Walk
Outreach & System Promotion

24. Feedback & Keeping in Touch
• Stay up to date
– subscribe to e-newsletter
– Resource & Energy web site for news
• Share your experiences of using our services
outcrop.newsletter@industry.nsw.gov.au
http://www.resourcesandenergy.nsw.gov.au/
miners-and-explorers/geoscience-
information/news
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