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Publikováno v:
Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 408:1-5
Across the world, stakeholders are asking questions of their governments and decision makers to quantify the risks of environmental threats to their well-being. These questions manifest themselves as ‘deceptively simple questions’, which are easy
Autor:
Andrew Hughes, Andrew Riddick, Denis Peach, Steve Mathers, J. R. A. Giles, Christopher R. Jackson, Holger Kessler
Publikováno v:
Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 408:7-16
The British Geological Survey (BGS) is developing integrated environmental models to address the grand challenges that face society. Here we describe the BGS vision for an Environmental Modelling Platform (BGS 2009) that will allow integrated models
Publikováno v:
Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 408
The discipline of Integrated Environmental Modelling (IEM) has developed in order to solve complex environmental problems, for example understanding the impacts of climate change on the physical environment. IEM provides methods to fuse or link model
Publikováno v:
Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 408:245-253
The ‘Big Data’ paradigm will revolutionize understanding of the natural environment. New technologies are revolutionizing our ability to measure, model, understand and make robust, evidence-based predictions at increasingly spatial and temporal r
Publikováno v:
Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 345:1-4
Elevation data are a critical element in any geoscience application. From the fundamentals of geological mapping to more advanced three-dimensional (3D) modelling of Earth systems there must be an understanding of the shape of the Earth's surface. Va
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Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 345:135-143
Environmental scientists are both producers and consumers of data. Numerous studies have shown that significant amounts of scientists' time can be consumed in acquiring, managing and transforming data prior to its use. To facilitate the work of its s
Publikováno v:
Computers & Geosciences. 23:621-626
British Geological Survey (BGS) staff have developed an extensive range of dictionaries to support database development both in-house and for other organisations. Four types of dictionary have been identified, namely unstructured, structured, sequent
Autor:
J. R. A. Giles, K. A. Bain
Publikováno v:
Computers & Geosciences. 23:613-620
The information presented on a geological map may be represented by a logical model in the form of an entity-relationship diagram. This must show the links between the three-dimensional geology and the two-dimensional expression of that geology which
Autor:
J. R. A. Giles
Publikováno v:
Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 97:1-4
The variety, form and volume of data available to geologists have increased significantly over the past few decades. It has become essential to use databases (either analogue or digital) to turn this avalanche of data into usable information. A signi
Autor:
J. R. A. Giles, K. A. Bain
Publikováno v:
Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 97:33-40