1. MBMG Seamless Enterprise Geodatabase
Jeremy Crowley
Assistant Research Hydrogeologist
11/14/2016

2. Background
2012
Download individual 100k maps as .E00 files
Started working group of about 10 people to work on GIS Geology
2013
Built Legacy NCGMP09 Geodatabase
2014
Started edge-matching NCGMP09 Seamless Geodatabase
Started correcting topology
Started completing continental glacial deposits
Started standardizing units
Started building Description of Map Unit (DMU) table
2015
Release nearly complete ArcGIS Service
2016
Release nearly complete DMU table
Need to finish descriptions

3. Details ArcGIS Server 10.4 SQL Server 2012
number of 1:100k MBMG maps: 79, number of USGS 1:100k maps: 5
Link to current ArcGIS Service: /services in the geology_100k folder/geology_100k_seamless

4. Scales of Enterprise Geodatabases
Number of Maps
Total Number of MapUnits
1:24,000 ?
1:100,000 84
845
1:250,000 6
1:500,000 1
305
1:1,000,000
123
Archived stand alone NCGMP09 databases (100k) at publication.
Then database merged into seamless (100k)
Plan to start work on 250k and 24k after 100k is complete

5. “Legacy” Archive and ArcGIS Service
84 Maps
Over 1000 Map Units

6. Legacy Problems Quad Boundaries Non-standardized units Edge-matching
Technique (Glacial deposits)
Topology

7. Seamless Enterprise Geodatabase and ArcGIS Service
84 Maps
845 Map Units
Future
Mapping
15 quads to add/map
- 2 by Fall 2016
- 3 in progress
- NW in ~2020
2016
2016

8. What Rock Am I On? What is the description? What type of rock?
What maps is it present on?
Where is the limestone?
What is the total surficial exposure of a specific rock?
Where are the landslides?

9. Philosophical Issues All Scales or Individual?
Individual enterprise geodatabase at each map scale
Archiving?
Stored maps at time of publishing in separate NCGMP09 geodatabase
Added to legacy geodatabase
Added to seamless enterprise geodatabase
Generalized or Detailed Descriptions?
Generalized is fast, Detailed not.
Working on tables of map descriptions from original maps
Multi-agency?
Yes, cite USGS maps.
Internal vs. Public?
Public with published and relatively polished maps
Dissemination?
ArcGIS Service with DMU table joined to MapUnitPolys
ArcMap Package, ArcGIS Online?
KMZ, georeferenced PDF’s

10. Tips and Tricks Check out tools already created for NCGMP09
Take a look at British Columbia’s GIS Geology
drockMapping/Pages/BCGeoMap.aspx
Have senior geologist work on map unit standardization and edge-matching.
Learn Python (Data Dictionaries, Search Cursors, Speedy Geoprocessing Tools, Repeatability)
GIS Tools (Frequency Table, Spatial Join, Dissolve, etc.)
Look into Cartographic Representations

11. MBMG Staff Contacts
Tom Patton- Research Division Chief, ,
(Supervision)
Luke Buckley- Database Administrator, ,
(SQL Server Administrator)
Paul Thale- GIS Administrator, ,
(Architect/Administrator/Topology/Metadata)
Yiwen Li- GIS Specialist, ,
(Administrator/Topology/Metadata/Maintenance)
Susan Vuke- Senior Research Geologist, ,
(Edge-matching/Glacial Deposits/DMU Table)
Catherine McDonald- Senior Research Geologist, ,
(DMU Table/GIS Field Mapping)
Jesse Mosolf- Assistant Research Geologist, ,
(DMU Table/3D Mapping/Modeling/GIS Field Mapping)
Jay Gunderson- Senior Research Geologist, ,
(3D Mapping/Modeling)
Jeremy Crowley- Assistant Research Hydrogeologist, ,
(DMU Table/Python/Mobile GIS)