zoran madon, p.geo. ontario geological survey precambrian geoscience section

© Queen's Printer for Ontario (2006)

Zoran Madon, P.Geo.Ontario Geological SurveyPrecambrian Geoscience Section

www.ontario.ca/geologyThe New Geology Ontario Web

Portal

An "out-of-the-box" solution for discovering and delivering Ontario's

geoscience data

© Queen's Printer for Ontario (2006)2

Geology Ontario Web Portal

Why?• Minister’s Office directive resulting from client feedback

• Increasing use of digital products

• Increasing need for current information, available 24/7

How?• Create a delivery website using an out-of-the-box

solution that meets current needs

• Concentrate on delivering publications, assessment

files, existing digital datasets


Benchmarking StudySearchable Formats

Key Site Map Text

No downloads PDF DOC HTM

XLS CSV

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DWG DXF DWT

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Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) 1 GSC Data products x x x 2 MIRAGE x x x x scanned maps; disclaimer” prior to each download 3 Geochronology x x x x ArcIMS 4 Geophysical and geochemical data x x x x Geosoft DAP, must register at each download 5 GEOSCAN x x

British Columbia 6 Geospatial Data downloads x x simple listing of about 30 data sets; 2 projections 7 Geophysical Data x x x x 3 surveys; scanned maps and data 8 Geochemical Surveys x x x organized by NTS map number 9 Digital Geology Data and MRA's x x x about 30 surveys listed; 2 projections

10 ARIS - assessment reports x x x to 1998; black and white only; older reports have to ordered 11 MINFILE x standalone db app downloadable from site 12 MapPlace x x x x Autodesk MapGuide; links to GSC sites (regional geophysics)

13 Mineral Titles x x claim maps scanned from paper - updated based on staking activity

Alberta 14 Alberta Geological Survey GIS - Interactive Maps x x x 6 province-wide themes downloadable 15 Alberta Geological Survey Publications x x x x about 100 files downloadable; most pubs have to be ordered 16 Alberta Kimberlites, Indicator Minerals and Diamonds x x

Saskatchewan 17 Nature and Environment x x x x search by keyword - top 25 results listed 18 Geological Atlas x x x ArcIMS; extraction of provincial theme data 19 Claim maps x x x Autodesk ExpressViewer 20 Digital Products x x x 1/2 downloadable; 1/2 link to pubsales 21 Publications Centre x x order centre

Manitoba 22 Publication Sales – free downloads x x x 106 files downloadable 23 Publication Sales – recent releases x x x few documents - 14 in 2003, 13 in 2002 24 GIS map gallery x x x ArcIMS; provincial themes downloadable

Quebec 25 Online Products and Services home page for all E-sigeom sites; e-commerce 26 E-sigeom à la carte (assessment work) x x x x x e-commerce; download via ftp or CD 27 E-sigeom Atlas (all geomatics products) x x x x order CD 28 E-sigeom Examine (PUBS/assessment reports) x x x e-commerce; download via ftp or CD 29 GESTIM (claims database) x x x x x e-commerce; NO map download


Wait untilall files

cleaned up12%

Receive all files in

current state88%

Data quality

Client Survey (e-consultation)

Government42%

Prospector16%

Consultant15%

Junior expl.company

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Academic7%

Major miningcompany

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Non-profitorganization

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Other3%

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Plot on map27%

Refererence16%

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Teachingother1%

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or map28%

Spatial modelling

20%

Data usage

Data discovery/access

Mapsearch53%

Textsearch47%


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Business Impact Analysis

Threat-Risk Analysis


• Produced a geoscience web site for discovering and downloading data

• Converted all existing Assessment Files and Publications (Maps and Reports) to PDF format

• Converted all PDF image files to “PDF searchable” format (2,000,000 pages and 150,000 maps)

• Converted digital data releases to format ready for web-download

• Many geoscience themes available in the map view window

• Used an “out-of-the-box” solution to minimize custom coding

Highlights


Why “out-of-the-box”?

The CLAIMaps experienceCLAIMaps I

CLAIMaps II

CLAIMaps III

www.claimaps.mndm.gov.on.ca


Out-of-the-box Benefits• Applications readily managed with limited available

resources

• Large pool of skills available to select from

• Limited programming expertise required

• As new versions come on stream, solution systems

can easily implement new functionality

• Pressure software vendors to enhance “out-of-the-

box” functionality versus custom coding

• Develop common skill sets and solution

methodologies across an organization


Out-of-the-box Software

• Oracle RDBMS• ESRI ArcSDE• ESRI ArcIMS• ESRI Portal Toolkit• ESRI ArcIMS

Metadata Server• ESRI Web

Explorer

• JRAPublish! PDF Conversion Software

• dtSearch Engine for PDF indexing


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PUBS - OGS PublicationsAFRI - Assessment Work MDI, ODHDB, LGC,AMIS


Home Page

Text Search Window

Geology Ontario

Map Search Window


Map Search Window – numerous thematic backgrounds available


Downloading files from Geology Ontario


PDF SearchableScanned Publications File

MS-Word

Copy and paste between Adobe Reader and Word for all publications including original scanned documents.


Geology Ontario – Assessment File PDF Searchwww.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/searchAFRIwww.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/searchAFRI


Geology Ontario – OGS Publications PDF Searchwww.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/searchPUBwww.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/searchPUB


Geology OntarioData Mining Potential


Geology Ontario DDH

RGP Drill Core Library Catalogue

Geology Ontario AFRI

Mining Lands MCI

Geology Ontario PDF


Geology Ontario ArcIMS allows data

integration from different sites

WMS and WFS will be activated at the official launch of the Geology Ontario web portal

Land Tenure – Manitoba/Ontario

Geology – Manitoba/Ontario


Multi-theme 3D perspective

Geology Ontario

Future web delivery?

Google Earth


Acknowledgements

Brian Berdusco, M.Sc.Project LeadManager, Development and MaintenanceBusiness SolutionsMin. of Northern Development and [email protected]


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