Useful Links

Standards

CGI-developed data standards

OGC data standards

ISO data standards for Geographic Information/Geomatics (TC211)

Ontologies, vocabularies, semantic web principles and technologies

International Professional Organisations
International Council for Science (ICSU)www.icsu.org
International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)www.iugs.org
International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG)www.iamg.org
International and National Standards Bodies and Data Sharing Collaborations
OneGeologywww.onegeology.org
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)www.opengeospatial.org
ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU-CODATA)www.codata.org
ICSU World Data Systemwww.icsu-wds.org
Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW)www.ccgm.org
International Geoscience Programme (ICGP)www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/earth-sciences/international-geoscience-programme/
IUGS International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS)www.stratigraphy.org
GEO Group on Earth Observationswww.earthobservations.org
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE)inspire.ec.europa.eu/
Australia/NZ Government Geoscience Information Committeewww.geoscience.gov.au
AuScope (Australia)www.auscope.org.au
Geoscience Information in Africa (GIRAF)www.giraf-network.org
US Geoscience Information Network (USGIN)www.usgin.org
US National Geologic Map Database Project (NGMDB)www.ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info
Digital Mapping Techniques (DMT) workshopswww.ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/dmt
National and Provincial Geological Surveys
Global directory of geological surveys (maintained by the Geological Survey of Japan)www.gsj.jp/information/gsj-link/dir/index.html
EuroGeoSurveyswww.eurogeosurveys.org
Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Applied geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC)www.sopac.org
Association of American State Geologists (AAGS)www.stategeologists.org
Geoscience Information Consortium (GIC)www.g-i-c.org
CGI-IUGS
CGI-IUGS
CGI Secretariat