GIN A Network for Geoscience data

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Geoscience Information Network A Digital,
Distributed, Interoperable Data Network for the
Geosciences
Lee Allison, Arizona Geological
Survey Association of American State
Geologists Linda Gundersen, U.S. Geological
Survey Stephen Richard, AZGS Tamara Dickinson,
USGS
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Geoscience Information Network (GIN)
3,000 data bases in USGS 51 State Geological
Surveys
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Defining GIN

• collections of service definitions, interchange
  formats, and vocabularies
• independent of hardware, operating system, or
  lower-level network protocols
• new technology will only require implementation
  of network elements in a new environment
• architecture allows for the use of multiple
  conventions for different user groups

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• EarthChem test bed - linking a large, complex
  global data system

Geochemical data from GEOROC, NAVDAT, PetDB, and
USGS 594,335 samples
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USGS 51 state geological surveys EarthChem
OneGeology
ESRI Geology Data Model GEON petroWEB
GeoSciML GeoSciNET PaleoStrat CoreWall
GeoSciML OneGeology GEON Earthchem
Catalogues Natl Geo Map DB Natl Data
Catalogue GEON
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Circuit Riders eRiders

• Part trainer, part management consultant, part
  computer expert
• Write GeoSciML wrappers
• Guide server configurations
• Available to anyone
• Training, short courses

eRiders.net
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The network is voluntary, not imposed from above
Interoperability
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• Data sets 4474  
• Services 6564  
• Tools 41  
• Ontologies 26

LIDAR processing
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Data discovery -

• 79,000 maps, images, data, and products from
  350 publishers
• Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States

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Data discovery -
National Data Catalogue

• National Geologic Geophysical Data Preservation
  Program
• State Surveys
• 1M FY08
• National inventory
• Metadata catalogue
• National Data Catalogue

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GeoSciML developers
Mark-up language wrapper translates your data
Cocoon Uppalla, Sweden
GeoServerKeyworth, UK
CocoonOttawa, Canada
Ionic Orleans, France
Mapserver Arizona
CocoonVirginia, USA
Tsukuba, Japan
GeoServer Canberra
GeoServer Melbourne, Australia
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AASG-USGS GIN Steering Committee
Linda Gundersen, Chief Scientist, Geology Gladys
Cotter, Associate Biology Director for Biological
Information Kathleen (Kate) Johnson, Program
Coordinator, Mineral Resources Peter Lyttle, USGS
Landslide Hazard Program Coordinator Stan Smith,
CIO Office
Lee Allison, State Geologist, Arizona Harvey
Thorleifson, State Geologist, Minnesota John
Steinmetz, State Geologist, Indiana Jay Parrish,
State Geologist, Pennsylvania
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WWW GIN

• http hypertext transfer protocol ( ftp, etc)
• html hypertext mark-up language
• url universal resource locator
• browser built by others

• Open source standards Open Geospatial
  Consortium
• data interchange tool GeoSciML
• distributed data catalogues
• Web services applications built by others