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  • Geoscience Australia has developed an interactive 3D viewer for three national datasets; the new Radiometric Map of Australia (Geoscience Australia 2009b), the Magnetic Anomaly Map of Australia (Geoscience Australia 2004), and the Gravity Anomaly Map of the Australian Region (Geoscience Australia 2008). The interactive virtual globe is based on NASA's open source World Wind Java Software Development Kit (SDK) and provides users with easy and rich access to these three national datasets. Users can view eight different representations of the radiometric map and compare these with the magnetic and gravity anomaly maps and satellite imagery; all draped over a digital elevation model. The full dataset for the three map sets is approximately 55GB (in ER Mapper format), while the compressed full resolution images used in the virtual globe total only 1.6GB and only the data for the geographic region being viewed is downloaded to users computers. This paper addresses the processes for selecting the World Wind application over other solutions, how the data was prepared for online delivery, the development of the 3D Viewer using the Java SDK, issues involving connecting to.

  • Geoscience Australia is a proscribed agency of the Australian Government, and has been acquiring precompetitive geophysics over the Australian continent and making it available to industry and researchers for over fifty years. Geophysical methods are especially important for effective exploration in Australia because the ancient landscape has been deeply weathered and fresh rocks are concealed beneath a thick layer of weathered material, referred to as regolith. The Onshore Energy Security Program is Geoscience Australia's latest precompetitive program and is designed to reduce risk in exploration for Australia's onshore hydrocarbon, uranium, thorium, and geothermal energy resources. The program will acquire and deliver pre-competitive geophysical and geochemical data as well as geological interpretations and other value-added products for the exploration industry.

  • The Radiometric Map of Australia dataset comprises grids of potassium, uranium, and thorium element concentrations, and derivatives of these grids, that were derived by seamlessly merging over 550 airborne gamma-ray spectrometric surveys in the national radioelement database

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    The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose. The terrestrial dose rate grid is derived as a linear combination of the filtered K, U and Th grids. A low pass filter is applied to this grid to generate the filtered terrestrial dose rate grid. This Julia Creek dose rate grid geodeticg has a cell size of 0.00083 degrees (approximately 90m) and shows the terrestrial dose rate of the Julia Creek, QLD, 1999. The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1999 by the QLD Government, and consisted of 49397 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 80m terrain clearance.

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    The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose. This radiometric thorium grid has a cell size of 0.00083 degrees (approximately 90m) and shows thorium element concentration of the Julia Creek, QLD, 1999 in units of parts per million (or ppm). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1999 by the QLD Government, and consisted of 49397 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 80m terrain clearance.

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    The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose. The total dose rate is due to natural sources of radiation and is computed by adding estimates of cosmic dose at ground level to the terrestrial dose. The terrestrial dose rate grid is derived as a linear combination of the filtered K, U and Th grids. A low pass filter is applied to this grid to generate the filtered total dose rate grid. This Gawler Craton Airborne Survey Merge Radiometrics - dose rate grid (AWAGS) has a cell size of 0.0004 degrees (approximately 41m) and shows the total dose rate of the Gawler Craton Airborne Survey Magnetic Radiometric and DEM Merge, SA, 2017-2019 survey. The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2019 by the SA Government, and consisted of 1660000 line-kilometres of data at 200m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.

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    The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose. This radiometric thorium grid has a cell size of 0.0004 degrees (approximately 41m) and shows thorium element concentration of the Gawler Craton Airborne Survey Magnetic Radiometric and DEM Merge, SA, 2017-2019 in units of parts per million (or ppm). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2019 by the SA Government, and consisted of 1660000 line-kilometres of data at 200m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance. To constrain long wavelengths in the grid, an independent data set, the Australia-wide Airborne Geophysical Survey (AWAGS) airborne magnetic data, was used to control the base levels of the survey grid.

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    The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose. This radiometric thorium grid has a cell size of 0.00048 degrees (approximately 50m) and shows thorium element concentration of the NSW DMR, Discovery 2000, Area X, Inverell, NSW in units of parts per million (or ppm). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2002 by the NSW Government, and consisted of 29054 line-kilometres of data at 250m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.

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    The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose. This radiometric uranium grid has a cell size of 0.00048 degrees (approximately 50m) and shows uranium element concentration of the NSW DMR, Discovery 2000, Area X, Inverell, NSW in units of parts per million (or ppm). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2002 by the NSW Government, and consisted of 29054 line-kilometres of data at 250m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.

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    This GSWA Southern Cross Total Count Grid Geodetic is an airborne-derived radiometric total count window countrate grid for the Southern Cross, WA, 1995-96 (Fugro) survey. The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of total count (K), total count (U) and total count (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose. This GSWA Southern Cross Total Count Grid Geodetic has a cell size of 0.0005 degrees (approximately 51m). The data are in units of counts per second (cps). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1995 by the WA Government, and consisted of 42693 line-kilometres of data at 100m line spacing and 50m terrain clearance.