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Newsletter Issue 11

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 01:19:00 +0000

Welcome to Edition #11 of the CGI Newsletter. In this edition we report on the progress of the CGI Working Groups and the recent meetings of CGI members.

Newsletter Issue 10

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:19:00 +0000

Welcome to Edition #10 of the CGI Newsletter. In this edition we report on the progress of the CGI Working Groups and the recent meetings of CGI members.

Newsletter Issue 9

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:19:00 +0000

Welcome to Edition #9 of the CGI Newsletter. In this edition we report on the progress of the CGI Working Groups and the recent meetings of CGI members.

Meetings on the Status and Future of Global Geoscience Information Standards

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:19:00 +0000

CGI in partnership with IUGS’s Deep-time Digital Earth Project are hosting in-person meetings in Suzhou, China, 7-10 November 2023, on the Status and Future of Global Geoscience Information Standards.

Newsletter Issue 8

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 14:19:00 +0000

Welcome to Edition #8 of the CGI Newsletter. In this edition we report on the progress of the CGI Working Groups and the recent meetings of CGI members.

Geoscience Standards Training for DDE

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 23:01:29 +0100

Free 3 day training event on open standards applicable to the geoscience community

Newsletter Issue 7

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:19:00 +0000

Welcome to Edition #7 of the CGI Newsletter. In this edition we report on the progress of the CGI Working Groups and the recent meetings of CGI members.

Newsletter Issue 6

Sun, 09 May 2021 23:46:24 +0100

Welcome to Edition #6 of the CGI Newsletter. In this edition we report on the progress of the CGI Working Groups and the recent meetings of CGI members.

Election of Council 2020 - 2024

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 23:01:29 +0100

The Council was elected in 2020 for the term 2020-2024. The newly elected Council members are widely distributed across many of the continents.

The planned annual face to face Council meeting in Delhi, India at the 36th IGC was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CGI Council thus held two online meetings on Oct. 7 and Nov. 12, 2020 to elect the new Council and to manage progress. New CGI Council Chair Harvey Thorleifson thanked outgoing CGI Council members François Robida, Ollie Raymond and Jouni Vuollo for their dedication and contributions to CGI in his remarks.

CGI council elections

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:01:15 +0100

Nominations for CGI Council for 2020–24 are open. Any CGI member can nominate to serve on the council to help organise CGI’s standards programme and the outreach activities of the CGI. Councillors must have support to be able to attend annual council meetings (the next one will be at the 36th IGC in Delhi in March 2020) and to devote time to implement CGI’s mission. Full procedures

CGI Award for Young Earth Scientists at the 36th IGC

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:01:43 +0100

CGI sponsors an award to assist early career scientists to present at conferences such as the IGC

36th International Geological Congress

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:01:29 +0100

Abstracts are invited to the special symposium Advances in geoscience data sharing and processing (Theme 45.10) at the 36th International Geological Congress (IGC). The symposium will highlight new techniques, standards, and algorithms for managing, delivering, visualising and analysing geoscience data both globally and regionally, including ‘big’ data. The symposium is jointly organised by CGI, IAMG, and OneGeology.

New EarthResourceML-Lite v2.0.1

Sun, 14 Oct 2018 23:02:08 +0100

a data model and schema for simple map services (e.g. WMS and WFS Simple Features).

IUGS Deep-time Digital Earth program

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 23:02:58 +0100

IUGS President Qiuming Cheng announcing the DDE program at the opening of the DDE Forum.

CGI is a founding partner in the new IUGS big science program, the Deep-time Digital Earth (DDE). DDE was kicked off at the recent IUGS Executive Council meeting in Beijing.

Recent CGI Meetings

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 23:02:31 +0100

Members of the EarthResourceML Working group met at IGME (the Spanish Geological Survey) in Madrid in May. L-R: Wang Yongzhi, Jouni Vuollo (chair), Mark Rattenbury, Ollie Raymond, Katarzyna Sadlowska, and Zhang Minghua.

Newsletter Issue 5

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:46:24 +0100

Welcome to Edition #5 of the CGI Newsletter. In this edition we report on the progress of the CGI Working Groups and the recent meetings of CGI members.

Newsletter Issue 4

Wed, 14 Dec 2016 23:46:20 +0100

Welcome to Edition #4 of the CGI Newsletter. In this edition we provide a look back at 2016 and a taste of what is to come in 2017.

2016 IUGS Science Excellence Award in Geoscience Information

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 20:18:37 +0100

Dr Stephen Richard
Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York, USA
(previously Senior Geologist and Head of Geoinformatics, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, USA)

Newsletter Issue 3

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 23:46:16 +0100

Welcome to Edition #3 of the CGI Newsletter. In this edition we particularly highlight the achievements of CGI members honoured with international awards in 2014.

Newsletter Issue 2

Sat, 14 Jun 2014 22:30:35 +0100

Welcome to Edition #2 of the CGI Newsletter. In this edition we welcome three new CGI councillors, and we kick off efforts to coordinate standards for 3D geological models.

Newsletter Issue 1

Sat, 14 Dec 2013 22:03:07 +0100

Welcome to the new face of CGI. We will be posting out several newsletters each year to keep members up to date with the latest news and events in geoscience information. We hope you enjoy our new newsletter.

2012 IUGS Science Excellence Award in Geoscience Information

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:18:31 +0100

John Laxton British Geological Survey, UK

John Laxton was the Chair of the CGI Interoperability Working Group from its inception in 2004 until it was replaced in 2012 by the current CGI working groups. John was a major contributor to the development of the GeoSciML data standard, and was the editor of the European Union’s INSPIRE Geology and Mineral Resources Technical Working Groups.