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1 Mineral Resources Branch Natural Resources

2 ! Brian Fisher - Geologist / GIS Specialist - supervisor! Jeff Poole - Geologist / GIS Specialist - IMS specialist! John MacNeil - Geologist / GIS Specialist - geological projects! Jeff McKinnon - eologist / GIS Specialist - QC! Angie Ehler - GIS Specialist - Cartography! Susan Saunders - NovaScan Administrator and Webmaster! David Sun - Database Application Specialist! Hayley Pothier - geology student! Amiee Ehler - geography student

3 ! To build a corporate GIS database containing the most relevant geoscience information required by our clients and store it in consistent formats using MRB, national and international standards! To provide staff and the public access to the GIS databases! To provide on-going client GIS support

4 ! Exploration and mining industry! Department of Natural Resources! Provincial government departments! Federal government! Municipal governments! Academia! Geo-technical industry! Environmental industry! Provide support for 40 of our own geologists, engineers and mineral rights registry staff

5 ! ArcInfo Workstation! ArcView GIS! ArcGIS Desktop (ArcView and ArcInfo)! 3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst and Geostatistical Analyst! ArcIMS and ArcIMS Metadata Server! ArcGIS Server! ArcSDE! ArcPad! SQL Server

6 ! Mineral Occurrence Database! Drillhole Database! Bedrock Geology Maps! Surficial Geology Maps! Mineral Right Licences! Abandoned Mine Openings! Magnetic Images! Shaded Relief Images! Petroleum Wells! Petroleum Shows! Aggregate Resources! Gamma Ray Images! VLF Images! Gravity Data! Seismic Data! Gold District Maps

7 ! GIS Digital Products! Metadata! Internet Map Server (IMS) Applications! NovaScan

8 ! Approximately 450 geological data sets in hand < Number of layers (themes) ! Digtial Products published - 185! 205,000 + downloads of our digital data products between March April 2008! Downloaded to over 60 countries

9 ! Digital products are released to the public only after going through a review process! Product level metadata must be provided with data! Provided FREE of charge! Digital products are accompanied by a license agreement! License allows clients to modify, re-distribute or sell data, but the copyright continues to belong to the province and you must give credit to the source of the data! Formats: ESRI shapefiles and E00, DXF/DBF, TIFF, JPEG and MrSID

10 ! Metadata descriptions have been created for all of our digital products and must be provided with the data! FGDC compilant (international standard)! ArcIMS metadata services and Z39.50 connector! Nova Scotia node of the CGKN metadata catalog! Metadata can be searched for and discovered through metadata search engines such as: < CGKN Metadata Catalog < Geoconnections Discovery Portal < GeoNova Portal

11 ! Live data and maps! Applications which use a simple brower to allow clients to view, query, plot and download digital maps, databases and images over the Internet! Currently using ArcIMS 9.2 and in the future ArcGIS Server! IMS Geoscience Applications < Geoscience Maps, Databases and Images < Mineral Resource Land Use (MRLU) Atlas < Groundwater Maps and Databases (June 2008)

12 ! GIS Digital Products and Metadata < Geoscience Maps, Databases and Images IMS < Mineral Resource Land Use (MRLU) Atlas IMS <

13 ! NovaScan is our geoscience publications database! Developed a web search interface for public use! Added a spatial footprint to all documents! In addition it provides access to: < Digital products < Scanned Assessment Reports ( ) as PDFs < 2500 scanned maps as PDFs and many as georeferenced JPGs

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15 !New data entry application initally tested on the HRM mapping project summer 2007!Hardware: Dell Axiom handheld PC, GPS with bluetooth tech.!software: ArcPad, Ganfeld (GSC application)!data capture/entry through on-screen maps and menus!all field data capture in 2008 will be done using these units

16 !New Digital Products!Groundwater Maps and Database IMS application!spatial Search added to NovaScan and a link to IMS applications!on-line query applications simialr to NovaScan for: < Mineral Occurrence Database < Abandoned Mine Openings Database < Drillhole and Drill Core Database

17 !On-line claim staking application!ag Research in Sydney!ArcGIS Server Application!Front end interface may replace our current Public Access GIS!Access to Geoscience data and Restricted and Limited Use Lands in the province

18 GIS Digital Products, Metadata and IMS NovaScan Internet Query Tool

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20 ! Customized ArcView Avenue application! Provides an easy to use menu driven interface to many of the data sets maintained by MRB! Allows the user to choose their layers, design their own maps and plot them out at the required scale! Available to staff and to the public through a workstation in the DNR library and regional offices

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