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

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Abstract

<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. 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. </div>

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document

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149368

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

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https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/149368

Keywords

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EFTF – Exploring for the Future

database

web service

GeoInsight

provinces

energy

minerals

critical minerals

water

GeoInsight

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf

Geology not elsewhere classifiedGeoscience data visualisationGeoinformatics not elsewhere classifiedResource geoscienceData engineering and data scienceData management and data science not elsewhere classifiedData modelsstorage and indexingDatabase systemsInformation extraction and fusionData qualityData mining and knowledge discoveryKnowledge and information management

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Publication Date

2024-07-18T06:48:15

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2024-04-02T14:00:00

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Australian Government Security Classification System

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completed

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.

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asNeeded

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geoscientificInformation

Series Information

GA Record 2024/23

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

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[-90, -9, 45, 168]

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Spatial Resolution

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GeoInsight Website

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