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Saudi Geological Survey---Integrated Geoscientific Database
by Philippe Bernard, Mustafa A. Makki, Bandar Alghaidi, Deserie Caracato,
Mansour Alotaibi, Zuhair albarakati, Asem Mujammami, Mazen Batubarah, and Yaser Abdulghani,
Saudi Geological Survey, Saudi Arabia
Concept:
- The Earth Science database of the Saudi Geological Survey reflects the core activity domains of the SGS. In reality, the domains are inter-linked, which facilitates their integration into a homogeneous system.
Core Activities:
- Fields of interest of the SGS and its predecessors include: mineral occurrences, groundwater, and natural hazards, plus support activities such as mapping, drilling, geophysics, and chemical analysis.
Targets:
- Build a national Earth Science database for the Kingdom, preserving the heritage and holding basic and interpreted data in all related fields.
- Create teams of geologists from each core activity and computer programmers qualified in database design, development, management, and scientific applications.
- Allow access to the data and their thematic applications by selected outside organizations.
- Provide services to the community in fields of their interest, such as groundwater, natural hazards, and mineral deposits.
- Exchange information between the SGS and organizations with similar interests.
- Set up a geographic information system (GIS) for combination of all thematic data into user applications.
- Create an electronic Arabic-English earth science dictionary for the standardization of terms and definitions.
Tools:
- High-performance hardware, networks, and software (Windows 2000 Server, SQL Server, etc.). Specific facilities have been created for achieving the targets.
Final Products:
- Standard or custom reports, booklets, and maps for SGS geoscientists.
- Selected products such as GIS applications for outside customers.
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