Front Page of ResSources Website

The project has funded several demonstration projects in order to identify a broad range of methods of delivering geoscience information over the Internet.

One such project, CordLink http://132.156.108.208/Cordlink1/default.htm is a window on Cordilleran Geology. The site provides users with access to reports, documents, maps, data, and downloads. The image below shows the screen users are presented in the data downloads section.

Window on Cordilleran Geology

Users have an option of selecting data from the BCGS (Pronvincial) or GSC (Federal) holdings. As a test, we selected GSC data of the Tectonic Assemblage Map of the Canadian Cordillera (Wheeler and McFeely, 1991; GSC Map 1712A). Options for data format include E00, SHP, MIF. or DXF, in either geographic or Lambert Conformal Projection. We downloaded a 5 MB SHP file (displayed in image below)

ArcView Screen Capture of Tectonic Assemblage Data

The vast collection of documents and research material available at the website are very neatly organized and categorized by subjects including bedrock geology, economic geology, geochemistry, and a number of other topics.

Documents are easily navigated

Urban Geology Studies - This site was developed as part of the ResSources GSC project, a Geological Survey of Canada initiative, that allows you to view and query information on the Urban Geology of the National Capital Region

Mirage - a digital image library of GSC maps.

C-Margin - Canadian MARine Geoscience Information Network

Canadian Geophysical Atlas Online

Earthnet - A virtual Resource Center for Earth Science Educators.

Interactive Map Query System - This site was developed as part of the ResSources GSC project, a Geological Survey of Canada initiative, that allows you to search for scientific publications released by Provincial and Federal Geological Surveys. Your queries will be based on the National Topographical System (NTS) at a scale of 250K. The databases available for you to search on this site include regional till geochemistry surveys, surficial geology maps, mineral deposits and lake and stream sediment geochemical surveys.On this site, you will get familiarized with the MapCafé Applet developed by ESRI.

Interactive Map Query System

There is a vast amount of information available from this site and we've only touched on the surface. The user interface is very impressive and easily navigated. Maps are quick to draw and are conveniently served up using Autodesk's Mapguide Internet map server. Next time you've got a spare half an hour or so I recommend you spend some time navigating around the site and get ready to be wowed!