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