Geological Map of the World, from Pitt T. Maner
This is quite an ambitious and interesting project. With the identification and efficient utilization of the earth's resources being amongst the proposed goals.
Alas, I have been in working in Nicaragua for the past month. There, a "show" of petroleum was reported recently in the papers at a location just outside of Managua (old timers claim it was well known in the Somoza era). Nicaragua is a country with some electric generation from geothermal resources (San Jacinto) and a mining district where gold is found. Ignimbrites are quarried and used extensively for building stone and materials. Nicaragua is an example of a developing country with a wide variety of geological resources and hazards. It might benefit from the mapping project.
At any rate the objective of the world geologic map:
- The project's aim is to create dynamic digital geological map data for the world!
- The target scale is 1:1 million. But the project will be pragmatic and accept a range of scales and the best available data.
- The geological map data will be made available as a distributed web service, using the latest web feature mapping approach.
International Rock Stars Meet to Create Geological Map of the World.