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Geology Data Model

Data Model User Group

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We invite user group members to participate in a series of instructional web casts. Please fill out the data model survey to give us feedback on what web casts you would like to see.

Date Submitted: August 23, 2002
Last Modified: August 21, 2007

A workshop was held in Redlands to begin a Geology data model project. At this point, an initial draft of a data model has been distributed to the core design team. As this effort is tested and prototyped we will post that model for general use on this site.

The purpose of this model is to define a geodatabase structure that can be used by organizations that manage large geologic datasets. It is intended to provide a mechanism to store regional or national collections of GeoScience information.

User Forums

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Downloads - Case Studies

These Case Studies are a good starting point to learn about best practices for this discipline. These project examples include sample geodatabases, map documents, and documentation.

Geosciences Case Study geo812.mdb and geo812.mxd files - zip format, 1422kb (submitted 04/23/2003 - updated 03/04/2004)
Data model presentation from DMT conference ppt - zip format, 1685kb (submitted 05/21/2004)
Geological Survey of New South Wales mdb, mxd, and html docs - zip format, 1795kb (submitted 06/16/2004)
ArcGIS GeoScience Data Model Reference Documents ArcGISGeologyReference.doc and How to create a geoscience database.pdf file - zip format, 427kb (submitted 06/28/2005)
Earthquake Case Study ArcScene document of epicenters in 3D with example of 3D interpolator tool - zip format, 79974kb (submitted 10/17/2006)

Downloads - Design Templates

The Design Templates are the result of the community-based design process. The general concepts and terms for this discipline are described here. Tools and examples to create a template data model are also included for advanced users.

Geoscience Data Model Design Template UML model .vsd files, Analysis Diagram files, uml.dtd file, and .xml file - zip format, 2047kb (submitted 04/23/2003)
Repo812.MDB Geoscience Data Model Repository - mdb format, 3473kb (submitted 04/23/2003)
Tips and Tricks for Data Models - URL format (submitted 08/07/2003)
NGMDB database design documents NGMDB database design documents and class extension - zip format, 3249kb (submitted 12/09/2005)
NGMDB Geologic Map Feature Class Model .pdf - zip format, 665kb (submitted 06/06/2006)
Proposed Arc Geology Version 1 .pdf, .xml, .mxd, .txt, .lyr, .shp, .style, .dbf, .prj, .sbn, .PNG, and.img - zip format, 4449kb (submitted 04/13/2007)

Downloads - Tools

These tools have been developed together with the data models to provide new ways to leverage each industry specific model. They are designed to work with the data model templates and case studies, and can be used with the model, or with other data sets. These tools can be found on ArcScripts, and are not supported ESRI software.

3D Interpolator Tool for ArcGIS 9.1 3D interpolator tool - zip format, 119kb (submitted 10/17/2006 - updated 08/28/2009)

User Community

The Geological Survey of New South Wales has developed an implementation model and deployed it as a geodatabase. The migration to this corporate geodatabase is the first geological Geodatabase in the world to be fully implemented by a Government agency. To see this implementation model visit the Geological Survey of New South Wales.

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