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Osuchowski, M. | Atkinson, R. | Cox, S. | Mazengarb, C. | Flentje, P.
Abstract
Geoscience Australia has implemented state of the art information management methodologies to connect disparate landslide inventory databases into a single virtual database in recognition of the need to improve Australia's current collective knowledge on landslides and to ensure landslide information is useful and relevant as well as accessible and discoverable. The methodology adopted was driven by the need for a nationally consistent approach to landslide data collection in order to develop a sound knowledge base on landslide hazard and mitigation. The approach takes into account the variation in data formats and level of detail across existing landslide databases in Australia. The new Australian Landslide Database (ALD) is a joint initiative across local, state and national levels and promotes a culture of coordinating, sharing, aggregating and making information captured at different scales widely available. The approach enables independent database custodians throughout Australia to share selected pieces of information with others, while maintaining full ownership, management and the format of their data. This allows all levels of government, geotechnical professionals, emergency managers, land use planners, academics and the public to simultaneously search and query diverse landslide inventory databases in real time via a single standardised website and view results consistently. Users have up-to-date information continually at their fingertips and access to available multimedia. The ALD has the capability to display site specific details as well as present aggregated information defined by the user. Search results can be displayed as reports, graphs, maps, statistics or tables, and data can be queried against background datasets such as rainfall, geology and geomorphology. There is no limit to the number of landslide databases that can be connected to the ALD. cont'd. See attached document
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- landslides
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- information management
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- Earth Sciences
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