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Bridging the Analog-Digital Gap in Geology

by Kyle House

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Slides from my talk at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Engineering Geologists, Stateline, Nevada, September 24, 2009.

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BRIDGING THE ANALOG-DIGITAL DIVIDE IN GEOLOGY HOUSE, P. Kyle, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, M.S., 178, Reno, NV 89557, khouse@unr.edu Traditional methods and concepts of geology can be easily combined with contemporary digital and web-based applications to forever change the dissemination, accessibility, and scope of geoscience information. The growing array of web-based geospatial applications, online venues for collaboration and data sharing, and novel applications of digital photography collectively provide an unprecedented but underutilized toolset for geoscience research, education, and outreach. A new paradigm of scientific behavior is afoot. Geologists need to explore and adopt the related technological developments more widely. I believe that resistance to adoption is motivated by anxiety about technology and new concepts of data sharing, collaboration, and publication. Resistance appears to follow broad generational and, in part, institutional trends. Over time, increasingly high data-developer and end-user expectations will render a significant paradigm shift inevitable, so opting-out early is a poor choice. Such a shift does not have to be difficult. Some tools are simple to use and provide immediate and powerful results. Others are more complex, but afford practicing geoscientists with unprecedented amounts of information and a means with which to easily organize, visualize, and interpret it. In my experience, simple demonstrations of various digital applications can help cross the threshold between reluctance and enthusiasm. Embracing the simple is the first step in approaching the complex and there are many applications lying along that continuum. More will certainly develop. As more and more geologic data become widely and systematically available, the potential for discovery will increase remarkably.
Enhanced contextual experience is huge.Smart maps can revolutionize the dissemination of geologic dataGeologic maps are exceptionally collaborative products, particularly now.Traditional methods and concepts of geology can be easily combined with contemporary digital and web-based applications to forever change the dissemination, accessibility, and scope of geoscience information. The growing array of web-based geospatial applications, online venues for collaboration and data sharing, and novel applications of digital photography collectively provide an unprecedented but underutilized toolset for geoscience research, education, and outreach. A new paradigm of scientific behavior is afoot. Geologists need to explore and adopt the related technological developments more widely. I believe that resistance to adoption is motivated by anxiety about technology and new concepts of data sharing, collaboration, and publication. Resistance appears to follow broad generational and, in part, institutional trends. Over time, increasingly high data-developer and end-user expectations will render a significant paradigm shift inevitable, so opting-out early is a poor choice. Such a shift does not have to be difficult. Some tools are simple to use and provide immediate and powerful results. Others are more complex, but afford practicing geoscientists with unprecedented amounts of information and a means with which to easily organize, visualize, and interpret it. In my experience, simple demonstrations of various digital applications can help cross the threshold between reluctance and enthusiasm. Embracing the simple is the first step in approaching the complex and there are many applications lying along that continuum. More will certainly develop. As more and more geologic data become widely and systematically available, the potential for discovery will increase remarkably.
Geologic maps are complex and elegant distillations of the collection, interpretation, development, and characterization of geologic data.
Presentation mode for new ArcGIS Explorer can really maximize instructional potential of virtual globes. A potentially huge advance.
Possible to integrate all of the tools discussed into one place to develop an enriching experience.Not at all simple with ESRI ProductsEnhances understanding Supplements explanationAids review processEasily sharedMeets expectationsVersatile
This is a huge innovation that can quell the nerves of nearly every luddite. It bridges the admittedly huge gap between the intuitive nature of simply writing with the less intuitive nature of entering data in the field. This conforms to long established field protocols that even I follow
Every field geologist should have a gps if not to simply archive their activitiesData for your records, to substantiate the map, and to allow other to know where you were
This slide brings up the elephant of the gps unit...isn’t everyone using one of these now?Simple, systematic, detailed record of field traverses. Useful for geotagging photos among other things.Come on ESRI, make this easier to work with.
Online albums allow for commenting from invited or even uninvited observers; can be tagged; etc.
This tool can revolutionize your map-making. If you get one and it doesn’t appeal to you, you may need to seek counseling.
Indispensible tool for visualizing your field area once back in the officeCan also export kml to shapefiles if some key features are easier to map with GE
Collaborative given the scale of the subject and the features of interestMany geos have stopped at emailGeotagging photographs is a geologists dream come true, isn’t it?The more spatially correct data and observations that are available, the more discoveries that can be madeExisting tools work for compilation, review, outreach, researchMapping on your freaking phone!Requires a paradigm shift in authorship, usage rights and expectations, and an end to some previously ‘static’ publicationsThe paper map /paper paper model is going away, it is certain to go away.I can think of at least one paper in the last year, published in a prestigious scientific journal, that could have benefitted immensely from a collaborative input process.
This is the future of geologic mapping….I’m sure of it..now make it work.
For distributing geologic data, but not editing it collaboratively

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Bridging the Analog-Digital Divide in Geology
Miocene paleogeography by Ron Blakey, NAU
P. Kyle House
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
University of Nevada
You say you [don’t] want a revolution? Too bad.
The [geo]sciences are undergoing an incremental technological revolution
Change more inevitable with each graduating class
Heightened expectations of end users
dogmatic and pragmatic resistance
Improved collaboration, visualization, and dissemination will ultimately enrich our science tremendously
Geologic Mapping as Example
Data Collection:
digital photos, digital ink, gps, LiDAR
Data Interpretation and Development:
GIS, virtual globes
Data distribution:
Web publication, collaborative GIS, data sharing
Smart geologic maps can be your friends!
Integrated with topography
Multiple layers
Interactive
Collaborative
Easily updatable
Interoperable / distributable
First-order transition from dumb map to smart map is a huge step
Virtual globes are a giant leap
Middle Owyhee River, OR
Making a smarter map is easy, bro!
Using analog ink to create digital data…
Adapx.com
Livescribe.com
Your field traverses are a rich data source
The uncanny obviousness of geotagging your field photographs
You are a geologist.
You take pictures of things because of both what they are and where they are.
There are simple ways to embed location into photos.
Start tomorrow.
More on the utter obviousness of geotagging
Check out ‘geosetter’
Geotagged photos made simple by Google
Instant kml karma
Not geotagging your field photos is stupid!
Gigapixel Photography: Made for Geology
Double Spring landslide complex, Owyhee River, OR http://gigapan.org/gigapans/30814/
Just Google: ‘Owyhee Gigapan’!
Essential Tools for Office Compilation
You can’t sign your name with a computer mouse.What makes you think you can map with one?
Digitizing Tablet: good
Digitizing LCD Panel: amazing
Wacom Cintiq 21ux
Worth every penny.
Visualization and Compilation with Virtual Globes
The best reason for a second monitor, or one really big one
A little LiDAR can help…
Double Spring landslide complex, Owyhee River, OR
Sure a hillshade is good, but holy cr@p this is cool:
Walker River narrows near Schurz, NV
geoWeb 2.0: Collaborative mapping
Geology thrives on collaboration
Attachments and e-mail threads are inefficient
Geologists are widely dispersed
Huge research, teaching, and outreach potential
Meets rising tide of expectations
Simple Online collaborative mapping: Google’s ‘My Maps’
Nevada Digital Dirt Mapping Project: Phase 1
Compiled 100k Lines
Unified Map…first cut
Geologic Data Portals…they already exist
There’s more on the internets!
http://geologicfroth.wordpress.com/
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