Mikael Pedersen, GEUS – WP2 leader Katy Lee, BGS – WP3 leader EGDI-Scope Full Consortium Meeting, Vienna 28 th April 2014

 Why develop an EGDI? ◦ To make a sustainable platform for European geological datasets and information  Why develop use cases? ◦ To ensure usability of the future EGDI -> Usability is key to sustainability!  What do users request? ◦ Easy accessible and reliable data and information ◦ Intuitive functionality  What do users not have today? ◦ Answers to many basic questions needing geological data.

 Have provided clearer picture of use situations  Have provided insight into issues dealt with by past European project  Have provided requirements for ◦ Data ◦ Functionality ◦ System design and operation

Prioritisation Energy minerals / resources Shale gas, oil shale, shale oil Solid fuel minerals Oil and gas Gas hydrates Non-Energy minerals / resources Metals Industrial minerals Construction materials Other natural resources Freshwater Soils Seas and oceans Geohazards Earthquakes Volcanoes Flooding Subsidence Landslides Erosion Mining Geochemical: Radon, Mercury… Other Geothermal CCS Secondary raw materials and waste Urban Climate change Aquifers Ecosystems Higher-res geological maps 3D geology Marine Geochemistry Radioactive waste Land use Geology Raw Materials Water Geohazards Soil Partners Stakeholders Themes

Geology ◦ OneGeologyEurope 1: 1 million surface geology ◦ OneGeologyEurope 1:1 million bedrock ◦ EMODnet-Geology I - 1:1 million substrate map Mineral Resources ◦ Promine dataset on mineral deposits,anthropogenic concentration layers, mineral potential maps, predictive maps ◦ EuroGeoSource dataset on mineral occurrences and mines ◦ -> Minerals4EU & EURare

Water Resources ◦ Hydrogeological map of Europe (IHME) 1: 1.5 million. ◦ Aquifer Typologies for hydrochemical characterization (BRIDGE project) Geohazards  PanGeo ground stability polygons, geohazard descriptions and associated PSI data Soil  Geochemical distribution maps based on GEMAS  Soil/parent material map?

Geology  A geologist creating a geological map of the Alps for an excursion  A geology student making a map showing the distribution of Archaean rocks in Europe  A consultant wanting to evaluate and download the marine substrate map from a specific offshore area. Mineral Resources  A geologist preparing a report of the best REE deposits in Europe for the Commission  An Internet user wanting an overview of the largest REE deposits in Europe

Water Resources  The EEA assessing the groundwater chemical status based on natural background levels of pollutants Geohazards  A local authority planner assessing inhabited areas in risk of subsidence Superficial deposits  The EEA wanting to download the 1GE+ geological map of Europe for ecosystem mapping using desktop GIS applications  The EEA wanting to assess the effect of Phosphorous in superficial deposits on certain European ecosystems

Expert Users Decision Makers The General Public

Knowledge BasePool of Experts Geological Service ?

 The use cases support the concept of a European Geological Information System  But….  An underlying data infrastructure will probably be needed in some cases