The design and implementation of a spatial database for the production of geological maps

Laxton, John L.; Becken, K.

doi:10.1016/0098-3004(95)00128-x

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“…These are documented to varying degrees. Workers from the British Geological Survey (BGS) have published a series of papers on geologic map database models, data dictionaries, and standardization of mapping practices (Laxton and Becken, 1996;Allen, 1997). The paper by outlines the framework of the data model used by BGS using entity-relationship diagrams, but does not give detailed definitions of the entities used.…”

Section: Geoscience Data Modelsmentioning

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Digital mapping techniques '99 -- workshop proceedings

Soller¹

1999

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tions to authors; and Adam Davis (USGS) for help with Appendix C. Finally, I thank all attendees for their participation; their enthusiasm and expertise were the primary reasons for the meeting's success. THE NEXT DMT WORKSHOP At discussion session #3, it was decided that a fourth annual DMT meeting would be held, next year. While planning for that event, the Data Capture Working Group will carefully consider the recommendations offered by DMT'99 attendees.

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Section: Geoscience Data Modelsmentioning

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1999

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“…A relational database can be the basis of several studies: to investigate the geological hazard [3], to produce geological maps [4], and to investigate the hydrological processes [5]. All these are only a small part of the applications of a database.…”

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A Model for Managing Geological and Geophysical Data in Eastern Sicily (Italy) and Possible Applications

Partescano¹

2014

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The main aim of this work is to describe in detail how to develop an instrument, with the goal of collecting and managing a great deal of both geological and geophysical data acquired using different survey typologies in Eastern Sicily (Italy). The opportunity to manage different categories of data, at the same time, allows us to have a complete view of the complex area studied. This paper discusses a software package that has been designed to enhance the efficiency of applying a range of geological and geophysical data. More than 12000 records are archived: boreholes represent 81% of the data and 19% is geophysical data. In this paper it is illustrated how both kinds of data, thanks to the functionalities of the database and the possibility of connecting to a Geographical Information System (GIS), can be used in a variety of different geological studies. We present four studies where is relevant the use of the database, in detail, we show a morpho-structural study, an examination of the spectral analysis of the noise data, an update of the geological and geotechnical maps, and a classification of the areas on the basis of the distribution of the shear wave velocity in the firsts 30 meters (Vs30). They are just some examples of the potentialities of a relational database.

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“…Certain approaches have provided wide scope analyses, which have sketched the scenarios of the infrastructure, such as business models, the assessment of the needs, the formal specification of the requirements (Buller, 2005;Brodaric and Gahegan, 2006;Raskin, 2006Loudon, 2011). Other approaches have provided some concrete implementations, from the early database schemata (Laxton and Becken, 1996) to the tools for the collection of field data (Dey and Ghosh, 2008) and the definition of standard vocabularies for the harmonization of terminology (Raymond et al, 2016). Many of these initiatives have promoted the usage of ontologies as the major tool for the maintenance of the knowledge assets within the geoscience community or the survey organizations (Howard et al, 2009) or for addressing the issue of data heterogeneity (Abel et al, 2015 ) and have developed ontologies for limited domains, such as, e.g., field activities (Brodaric, 2004;Hwang, 2012;Boyd, 2016), geochronological periods (Ma et al, 2011), lithological materials (Richard, 2006;Sinha et al, 2006;CGI SimpleLithology ), algorithmic interpretation of 4 sedimentary facies for the individuation of geologic processes .…”

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Ontology-driven representation of knowledge for geological maps

Mantovani

Piana

Lombardo

2020

Computers & Geosciences

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This paper presents an ontology-driven representation of knowledge for geological maps. The ontological formal language allows for a machine-readable encoding of the Earth scientist's interpretation through semantic categories and properties and is credited to support knowledge sharing and interoperability. We introduce an ontology-driven method for the interpretation and the encoding of the map data that employs shared vocabularies and resources encoded through ontologies in order to prevent the use of ambiguous terms. The approach relies on a computational ontology of the geological knowledge (OntoGeonous), which formalizes a number of geological knowledge sources (including GeoScienceML), to guide the interpretation process. The design of the database underlying the map (OntoGeoBase) constrains the process of data entry to refer to the terminology conveyed by the taxonomic-axiomatic nature of the ontology. This reduces the amount of implicit knowledge favouring a conceptual alignment of the ancillary documentation with the map, leading to a better comprehension of map and allowing the traceability of the interpretation.

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The design and implementation of a spatial database for the production of geological maps

Cited by 24 publications

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Digital mapping techniques '99 -- workshop proceedings

Digital mapping techniques '99 -- workshop proceedings

A Model for Managing Geological and Geophysical Data in Eastern Sicily (Italy) and Possible Applications

Ontology-driven representation of knowledge for geological maps

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