Disseminating Mineral Data Effectively & Quickly Through ArcGIS Online & ArcGIS Open Data

33 Pages·2015·2.06 MB·English

Disseminating Mineral Data
Effectively & Quickly Through
ArcGIS Online & ArcGIS Open Data
Rastislav Elgr [email protected]
September, 2015
Organization Overview
 Alberta Geological Survey (AGS)
 Part of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER).
 Role: provides geological information and expertise to government,
industry and the public about Alberta’s resources and geological
processes.
 Location: 402, Twin Atria Building
4999 - 98 Avenue NW
Edmonton, Alberta

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Mineral Survey Data Project Background
 Involved parties: joint project between AGS and Alberta Energy.
 Funding: financial support from Alberta Energy with in-kind support and
expertise provided by the AGS.
 Team: 4 geologists, 3 IT specialists, 2 managers, and GIS specialist.
 Initial goal: to provide the general public and industry with compilation of
AGS mineral data spanning over several decades (starting from 1945) in
a form of a searchable online database.
 Commencement: early February, 2015.
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Project Steps
 Compiling mineral survey data from various sources (PDF reports, XLS
sheets, documents) into structured FGDB.
 Additional in-house FGDB cleaning, restructuring, and creating
metadata.
 Selecting appropriate technology to disseminate the data.
 Feeding cleaned data into the GIS system, building web application, and
disseminating data through multiple channels.

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Initial Mineral Data Compilation

 Compilation of input data outsourced to a
consulting firm with final FGDB version

delivered on Apr-21-2015.

 FGDB contained 5 feature datasets, 26
feature classes, and 5 tables.

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In-House Mineral Data FGDB Cleaning
 Number of feature classes reduced from 26 to 11 to provide the end user
only with the most valuable and concise data.
 Number of attribute table fields reduced and aliases created.
 Inconsistences within records eliminated.
 Metadata for each feature class created – dataset and field descriptions,
tags,…
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Comparison - Original vs. Reduced FGDB
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Selected GIS Environment
 ArcGIS for Desktop 10.1
To prepare and clean data for dissemination.
 ArcGIS Online ags-aer.maps.arcgis.com/home/
A cloud-based mapping platform that allows member of an organization
to store, use, create and share data, maps, and apps including base
maps published by Esri.
Latest Esri update in July 2015 includes multiple enhancements including full
metadata support, better organization administration, new themes for Web
AppBuilder,…
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Selected GIS Environment
 Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS
Integral part of ArcGIS Online. Provides an easy solution for building web
applications that run on any device without necessity to write a single line
of code.
 ArcGIS Open Data geology.ags-aer.opendata.arcgis.com/
ArcGIS data dissemination platform to provide the public with open
access to GIS data. The general public can use Open Data site to
download data in multiple formats, and view data on an interactive map
and in an attribute table.

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ArcGIS Online Mapping Platform
 AGS signed-up in November, 2013.

 First web map and web mapping application created and presented to the
management in early 2014.

 Officially rolled out in March, 2015.
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