The main library collection of the Doc Fisher Geoscience Library consists of the accumulated books, journals and other materials acquired to meet the information needs of staff over the long history of the agency and its predecessors: the Bureau of Mineral Resources and the Australian Geological Survey Organisation, as well as agencies which have merged with these over the years, including AUSLIG. The majority of these are commercial publications, items received from comparable agencies in exchange for GA publications, or donations, including company reports. As well as traditional text-based materials, more recent formats (microfiche, VHS videotape, CDROM, DVD and web-based resources are held. All areas of research and operations of the organisation are supported by appropriate material available in, or accessible through arrangements made by the Library.

The integrated spatial database of geological, geophysical, geochemical and cultural data. Provides users with means of integrating and analysing data for mineral exploration and research. The area covered by GIS encompasses Broken Hill and Euriowie Blocks and comprises six 1:100 000 mapsheets; the Corona, Fowlers Gap, Broken Hill, Taltingan, Redan and Thackaringa.

The Northern Australian Project online GIS, which has been chiefly designed to highlight the results of geochronological research within the project area, was first published in 2003 and updated in July 2004. GIS data reference layers include 1: 250,000, 1: 1 million, and 1: 2,500,000 geological data, regional geophysical images and a topographic map image. The geochronology and fluid inclusion points have been linked live to Geoscience Australia's OZROCKS, OZCHRON and PETROG Oracle databases. Forms display data to the user from these databases using customised query statements. Queries directed to geological layers display information derived from static ArcInfo shapefiles. The North Australia Project geochronology research has chiefly targeted the Arunta Block, Davenport Geosyncline, and the Granites-Tanami Block provinces within the project area. This map has been produced as a GeoPDF, which is an extension to the standard PDF file format viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Layers can be turned off and on to customise the view of the data, similar to using Geographic Information System tools. In addition, GeoPDF maps are georeferenced to be compatible with other coordinated geographic data. Coordinate locations and distances can be retrieved automatically. A plug-in to view GeoPDF using Adobe Acrobat Reader is available as a free download ( http://terragotech.com/solutions/map2pdf_reader.php ).

These datasets are compiled from a mosaic of NMD`s TOPO250K data product for the transport datasets (rail, roads and airfields) and drainage datasets (alig5md and alig250d). The population centres datasets (alig25mc and alig250mp) are derived from NMD`s mosaiced localities dataset. alig25mp is a subset based on the attribute location for populated places only. The alig25mc is a subset containing the capital cities and selected regional centres. The alig5md is the 1:5,000,000 scale drainage network which includes lakes (alig5ml). These AUSLIG datasets are much more accurate than the DCW datasets and have more attributes. More information on the AUSLIG 250K datasets can be found in the Overview.txt file in /d/geo/store/data/topo/geodata/topo~250k/aus_mosaic. NOTE : THERE ARE NO ARCINFO DATASETS stored in the arcinfo/culture/auslig directory only shapefiles held in arcview/culture/auslig. The reason for this is the original arcinfo datasets are available from the data store at /d/geo/store/data/topo/geodata/topo~250k/aus_mosaic.

The South Australia Geoscientific Geographic Information System is a state wide integration of geological, geophysical, geochemical and cultural data. It provides the Geological Survey, Minerals & Energy Division, PIRSA, with its primary mechanism for distributing regional geoscientific information for exploration and research, via digital media. Datasets in this package are projected in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Map Grid of Australia (MGA) coordinates relative to GDA94. The datasets are split into the three grid zones 52, 53 and 54, which span South Australia.

Railway network extracted from Digital Chart of the World (DCW) Transport dataset (dataset derived from the Digital Chart of the World). Generic information on DCW data sets The primary source for DCW is the US Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) series produced by the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The ONCs have a scale of 1:1,000,000, where 1 inch equals approximately 16 miles.The charts were designed to meet the needs of pilots and air crews in medium and low altitude en route navigation and to support military operational planning, intelligence briefings, and other needs. Therefore, the selection of ground features is based on the requirement for rapid visual recognition of significant details seen from a low perspective angle. The DCW database was originally published in 1992. Data currency varies from place to place depending on the currency of the ONC charts. Chart currency ranges from the mid 1960s to the early 1990s. Compilation dates for every ONC chart are included in the database. For more information on the Digital Chart of the world, please browse the DCW website where you can download these data in VPF format. GA has converted these VPF format files to common GIS formats Arcview and Mapinfo. Available datasets include drainage, roads and railway networks, political areas and boundaries and population centres. Available for free download.

These datasets are intended to be used with the National Geoscience Datasets as reference graticules with coding of latitude and longitudinal positions.

This service has been created specifically for display in the National Map and the symbology displayed may not suit other mapping applications. Information included within the service includes the linear locations for surface hydrology, including natural and man-made features such as water courses (including directional flow paths), lakes, dams and other water bodies and marine themes. The data is sourced from Geoscience Australia 250K Topographic data and Surface Hydrology data. The service contains layer scale dependencies.

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The Gazetteer provides information on the location and spelling of 323,471 geographical names (plus 33,061 variants) covering all of Australia and its offshore regions, as at June 2007. The supply of data is coordinated by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and derived from State, Territory and Australian Government agencies.  Copyright of the Gazetteer data and postcode data resides with the relevant State, Territory and Australian Government agencies who are custodians of the data. The Gazetteer fields include: <ul> <li>Record ID - unique identifier for each feature. </li> <li>Authority ID - custodian state or territory.</li> <li>State ID - state or territory where the feature is located. </li> <li>Place ID - unique record number for all records in the database.</li> <li>Name - name of the feature. </li> <li>Feature Code - code indicating the type of feature </li> <li>Status - indicates whether the name is authorised. </li> <li>Variant name - variant or alternative name used for the feature. </li> <li>Postcode - Australia Post postcode for the feature. </li> <li>Concise Gazetteer - indicates whether the feature is included in the concise gazetteer. </li> <li>Longitude - longitude of the feature in decimal degrees. </li> <li>Latitude - latitude of the feature in decimal degrees. </li> <li>100K map number - 1:100 000 scale map number in which the feature is located. </li> <li>CGDN - indicates whether the place name can be used in the <em>state.au</em> (e.g. nsw.au, act.au) second level domains by community website portals which reflect community interests. </li> </ul> Please note: Any organisation or individual wanting to use the Gazetteer data in a similar capacity to the Online Place Name Search or any other online application, will require an Internet user licence. (See the Licence Fees and Order Form below). The custodians of the place name data do not guarantee that the data is free from errors and omissions. If errors or omissions in the data are identified, please contact <A href=mailto:gazetteer@ga.gov.au>gazetteer@ga.gov.au</A>. Corrections will be forwarded to the State and Territories, Name Authorities for clarification and updates will appear in subsequent revisions of the Gazetteer. Product Specifications Coverage: Australia Currency: 2007 Coordinates: Geographical Datum: GDA94 Format: Fixed width ASCII and Microsoft Access Database Medium: CD-ROM Forward Program: Bi-annual revision