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Geology Apps
Presented by Emma Bee
@busyworkerbee
British Geological Survey
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1 - iGeology
An interactive geological map of the UK.
• Free iOS and Android App.
• Allows access to the equivalent of 500
geological maps.
• Developed and maintained in-house.
• Driven by interoperable web services to
provide a self service, web-based delivery
mechanism
• Downloaded over 180,000 times !
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2 – iGeology 3d
Paints a geological map on the ground around you.
The camera is used to unlock the hidden geology within the landscape.
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3 - MySoil
Crowdsourced Data
• Users can add data to the map
• Extend and validate data holdings
• New Community-based products
Portable access to soil properties:
• Soil Texture
• Soil pH
• Soil Depth
• Organic Matter
• Topsoil Thickness
• Parent Material
A comprehensive European soil properties map within a single app.
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4 - MyVolcano
A crowd-sourcing mobile application for volcanic ash data collection
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Grímsvötn 2011
• Only a few samples required for
SEM.
• Tape-on-paper much simpler –
engage more people and collect
more samples from a wider area.
• Video was shared via BGS website
and John’s blog (volcano01010).
• Press Office did a media campaign
– radio, TV, social media
(Facebook, Twitter) – over a
hundred samples.
• Online questionnaire.
• Samples analysed quickly and
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Access via the web
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“Improving the Communication of
Geoscience Knowledge”
Mobile apps transform the usability of our data, providing a
service as and when the user requires.
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“Increasing the impact and relevance of our work”
Mobile apps improve the visibility of BGS and NERC data to new
audiences.
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Mobile apps improve user engagement and provide the perfect
platform to gather user generated content.
“Developing Community Engagement and
User-Generated Content”
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http://infonomics-society.org/JITST/Mobile%20spatial%20mapping.pdf
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Closing comments
• Is an app appropriate?
• Do you need an app? HTML 5?
• What is the opportunity cost of not
developing an app?
• What does mobile technology offer that
gives your research an advantage?
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Thank you for listening,
any questions?Emma Bee ([email protected])
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/data
/apps/home.html
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