Facilitating dynamic geoscientific data delivery for the GeoInsight pilot. A methodology for database, web service and application development

<div>GeoInsight was an 18-month pilot project developed in the latter part of Geoscience Australia’s Exploring for the Future Program (2016–2024). The aim of this pilot was to develop a new approach to communicating geological information to non-technical audiences, that is, non-geoscience professionals. The pilot was developed using a human-centred design approach in which user needs were forefront considerations. Interviews and testing found that users wanted a simple and fast, plain-language experience which provided basic information and provided pathways for further research. GeoInsight’s vision is to be an accessible experience that curates information and data from across the Geoscience Australia ecosystem, helping users make decisions and refine their research approach, quickly and confidently.</div><div><br></div><div>Geoscience Australia hosts a wealth of geoscientific data, and the quantity of data available in the geosciences is expanding rapidly. This requires newly developed applications such as the GeoInsight pilot to be adaptable and malleable to changes and updates within this data. As such, utilising the existing Oracle databases, web service publication and platform development workflows currently employed within Geoscience Australia (GA) were optimal choices for data delivery for the GeoInsight pilot.&nbsp;This record is intended to give an overview of the how and why of the technical infrastructure of this project. It aims to summarise how the underlying databases were used for both existing and new data, as well as development of web services to supply the data to the pilot application.&nbsp;</div>

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2024-04-02T14:00:00
Date (Publication)
2024-07-18T06:48:15
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149368

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/149368

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Author

Hawkins, S.G.

 External Contact
Author

Waltenberg, K.

 Internal Contact
Author

Sedgmen, A.

 Internal Contact
Author

Sunketa, A.

 External Contact
Author

Seedhouse, M.

 External Contact
Author

Cherukoori, R.

 External Contact
Author

Farmakis, B.

 Internal Contact
Author

Khan, A.

 Internal Contact
Author

Lem, A.

 Internal Contact
Author

Clark, D.

 Internal Contact
Name

GA Record

Issue identification

2024/23

Purpose

This record is intended to give an overview of the how and why of the technical infrastructure of this project. It aims to summarise how the underlying databases were used for both existing and new data, as well as development of web services to supply the data to the pilot application.

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Resource provider

Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division

 External Contact
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Point of contact

Waltenberg, K.

 Internal Contact
Spatial representation type
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

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Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Website

Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

Project

  • EFTF – Exploring for the Future

Keywords

  • database

Keywords

  • web service

Keywords

  • GeoInsight

Keywords

  • provinces

Keywords

  • energy

Keywords

  • minerals

Keywords

  • critical minerals

Keywords

  • water

Keywords

  • GeoInsight

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf

  • Geology not elsewhere classified

  • Geoscience data visualisation

  • Geoinformatics not elsewhere classified

  • Resource geoscience

  • Data engineering and data science

  • Data management and data science not elsewhere classified

  • Data models

  • storage and indexing

  • Database systems

  • Information extraction and fusion

  • Data quality

  • Data mining and knowledge discovery

  • Knowledge and information management

Keywords

  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

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CC-BY

Edition

4.0

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
User

Any
Use constraints
License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2024

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Classification system

Australian Government Security Classification System

Associated resource

Association Type
Was generated by
Title

GeoInsight Website

Citation identifier
149488

Citation identifier
7e83f303-a4ef-49dc-87d3-dcf501eb7eaf

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149488

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Was informed by
Title

Accessible mining and minerals information. A methodology for the GeoInsight pilot

Citation identifier
149247

Citation identifier
5b5795ef-b8c6-464a-a49d-04fa8160f52d

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149247

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Was informed by
Title

Accessible energy information: A methodology for the GeoInsight pilot

Citation identifier
149158

Citation identifier
37457e32-dcc9-45b8-841d-1b9cc483aebe

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149158

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Was informed by
Title

Accessible groundwater information. A methodology for the GeoInsight pilot

Citation identifier
149246

Citation identifier
b6d79874-a3bd-44ac-ba67-fb208d8847ca

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149246

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Was informed by
Title

Connections between geology, landscape and people. Regional geological summaries for the GeoInsight pilot

Citation identifier
149442

Citation identifier
1aa26265-1404-4d8b-8d46-11e097a071fd

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149442

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Was informed by
Title

Facilitating dynamic geoscientific data delivery for the GeoInsight pilot. A methodology for database, web service and application

Citation identifier
149368

Citation identifier
cddc5d42-fcfb-40d5-b20b-a1c2b171b4d5

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149368

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Operated on by
Title

GeoInsight Data Delivery WMS

Citation identifier
149713

Citation identifier
755f21ab-577b-4607-80bd-5d203f61efda

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/149713

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Operated on by
Title

GeoInsight Data Delivery WMTS

Citation identifier
149714

Citation identifier
5de8bb43-69c0-4b2b-afdf-959da5d55ee8

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/149714

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Operated on by
Title

GeoInsight Data Delivery WFS

Citation identifier
149715

Citation identifier
3a382b47-3702-42ce-8c0e-e42add3ed8f1

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/149715

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice facsimile
OnLine resource

Download the Record (pdf) [1.1 MB]

Download the Record (pdf) [1.1 MB]

Distribution format

  • pdf

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    nil

OnLine resource

GeoInsight Data Delivery WMS

GeoInsight Data Delivery WMS

Distribution format

  • OGC:WMS

OnLine resource

GeoInsight Data Delivery WFS

GeoInsight Data Delivery WFS

Distribution format

  • OGC:WFS

OnLine resource

GeoInsight Data Delivery WMTS

GeoInsight Data Delivery WMTS

Distribution format

  • OGC:WMTS

Resource lineage

Statement

<div>Version 1 of the methodology used for creating the GeoInsight Pilot 2022-2024.</div>

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

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Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
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UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Point of contact

Hawkins, S.

 Internal Contact

Type of resource

Resource scope
Document
Name

GA Record

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/149368

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/cddc5d42-fcfb-40d5-b20b-a1c2b171b4d5

Date info (Creation)
2024-07-18T06:44:22
Date info (Revision)
2024-07-18T06:44:22

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

Spatial extent

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Keywords

EFTF – Exploring for the Future
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
Data engineering and data science Data management and data science not elsewhere classified Data mining and knowledge discovery Data models Data quality Database systems Geoinformatics not elsewhere classified Geology not elsewhere classified Geoscience data visualisation Information extraction and fusion Knowledge and information management Resource geoscience storage and indexing

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