Geoscience Information Geoscience Information NetworkNetwork

A Digital, Distributed, Interoperable Data A Digital, Distributed, Interoperable Data Network for the GeosciencesNetwork for the Geosciences

Lee Allison, Arizona Geological SurveyAssociation of American State Geologists

Linda Gundersen, U.S. Geological Survey

Stephen Richard, AZGS

Tamara Dickinson, USGS

3,000+ data 3,000+ data bases in USGS bases in USGS & 51 State & 51 State Geological Geological SurveysSurveys

Geoscience Information Network (GIN)Geoscience Information Network (GIN)

Defining GINDefining GIN• collections of service definitions,

interchange formats, and vocabularies

• independent of hardware, operating system, or lower-level network protocols

• new technology will only require implementation of network elements in a new environment

• architecture allows for the use of multiple conventions for different user groups

• EarthChem test bed - linking a large, complex global data system

Geochemical data from GEOROC, NAVDAT, PetDB, and USGS = 594,335+ samples

Semantics: vocabularies,

ontologies

Search & discovery

Web services

Applications

Data

Standards & protocols

USGS51 state geological surveysEarthChem OneGeology

ESRI Geology Data ModelGEONpetroWEB

GeoSciMLOneGeologyGEONEarthchem

Catalogues: Natl Geo Map DB Natl Data Catalogue GEON

GeoSciMLGeoSciNET PaleoStrat CoreWall

Circuit Riders – “eRiders”Circuit Riders – “eRiders”

• Part trainer, part management consultant, part computer expert

• Write GeoSciML “wrappers”

• Guide server configurations

• Available to anyone

• Training, short courses

eRiders.net

Interoperability

The network is voluntary, not imposed from above

• Data sets 4474  

• Services 6564  

• Tools 41  

• Ontologies 26

LIDAR processing

• 79,000+ maps, images, data, and products from 350+ publishers

• Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States

Data discovery -

National Geologic & Geophysical Data Preservation Program

-State Surveys

-$1M FY08

-National inventory

-Metadata catalogue

-National Data Catalogue

National Data CatalogueNational Data Catalogue

Data discovery -

GeoSciML developersGeoSciML developers

GeoServerGeoServerKeyworth, UKKeyworth, UK

GeoServerGeoServerCanberraCanberra

CocoonCocoon

Uppalla, SwedenUppalla, Sweden

Mapserver Mapserver ArizonaArizona

CocoonCocoonOttawa, CanadaOttawa, Canada

GeoServer GeoServer Melbourne, AustraliaMelbourne, Australia

CocoonCocoonVirginia, USAVirginia, USA

IonicIonicOrleans, FranceOrleans, France

Tsukuba, JapanTsukuba, Japan

Mark-up language “wrapper” translates your dataMark-up language “wrapper” translates your data

AASG-USGS GIN Steering CommitteeAASG-USGS GIN Steering Committee

Linda Gundersen, Chief Scientist, GeologyLinda Gundersen, Chief Scientist, GeologyGladys Cotter, Associate Biology Director for Biological InformationGladys Cotter, Associate Biology Director for Biological InformationKathleen (Kate) Johnson, Program Coordinator, Mineral ResourcesKathleen (Kate) Johnson, Program Coordinator, Mineral ResourcesPeter Lyttle, USGS Landslide Hazard Program CoordinatorPeter Lyttle, USGS Landslide Hazard Program CoordinatorStan Smith, CIO OfficeStan Smith, CIO Office

Lee Allison, State Geologist, ArizonaLee Allison, State Geologist, ArizonaHarvey Thorleifson, State Geologist, MinnesotaHarvey Thorleifson, State Geologist, MinnesotaJohn Steinmetz, State Geologist, IndianaJohn Steinmetz, State Geologist, IndianaJay Parrish, State Geologist, PennsylvaniaJay Parrish, State Geologist, Pennsylvania

WWW GIN• http – hypertext transfer

protocol (& ftp, etc)

• html – hypertext mark-up language

• url – universal resource locator

• browser – built by others

• Open source standards – Open Geospatial Consortium

• data interchange tool – GeoSciML

• distributed data catalogues

• Web services & applications – built by others