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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
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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
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Benchmarking StudySearchable Formats
Key Site Map Text
No downloads PDF DOC HTM
XLS CSV
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Other Comments
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
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Wait untilall files
cleaned up12%
Receive all files in
current state88%
Data quality
Client Survey (e-consultation)
Government42%
Prospector16%
Consultant15%
Junior expl.company
11%
Academic7%
Major miningcompany
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Non-profitorganization
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Other3%
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Plot on map27%
Refererence16%
Non-spatialmodelling
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Teachingother1%
Incorporate into report
or map28%
Spatial modelling
20%
Data usage
Data discovery/access
Mapsearch53%
Textsearch47%
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Business Impact Analysis
Threat-Risk Analysis
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• 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
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Why “out-of-the-box”?
The CLAIMaps experienceCLAIMaps I
CLAIMaps II
CLAIMaps III
www.claimaps.mndm.gov.on.ca
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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
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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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Geology Ontario – data archive
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PUBS - OGS PublicationsAFRI - Assessment Work MDI, ODHDB, LGC,AMIS
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Home Page
Text Search Window
Geology Ontario
Map Search Window
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PDF SearchableScanned Publications File
MS-Word
Copy and paste between Adobe Reader and Word for all publications including original scanned documents.
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Geology Ontario – Assessment File PDF Searchwww.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/searchAFRIwww.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/searchAFRI
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Geology Ontario – OGS Publications PDF Searchwww.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/searchPUBwww.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/searchPUB
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Geology Ontario DDH
RGP Drill Core Library Catalogue
Geology Ontario AFRI
Mining Lands MCI
Geology Ontario PDF
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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
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Multi-theme 3D perspective
Geology Ontario
Future web delivery?
Google Earth
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Acknowledgements
Brian Berdusco, M.Sc.Project LeadManager, Development and MaintenanceBusiness SolutionsMin. of Northern Development and [email protected]
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