AuScope User Guide - AuScope Discovery Portal
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1. AuScope AN ORGANISATION FOR A NATIONAL EARTH SCIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM Contents 1 Portal user guide 2 2 Overview 2 1 Es E A ANN 3 2 2 y A eee Roa eon eee ae oe ee ea eo ee ne Ea ee 3 3 Portal operations 5 3 1 Data SEIVICES cs exar k acr X x dodo ER E dod EO odo Koo Pe bw edo He a 5 LIS cesos 9 9 3 991935 939 83 x 9 95 5 PH 3 33 3 xn domos Pon mmm x EX x dm 10 Additonal Opon ex sss esy eee ve be SEER ER ea aw ee A 12 3 2 Permanent LINKS aa aco o uod kh da aa aed ee a dedos 13 Ju MOO NOVOGO seo sar aaa ap edi a o 14 4 Examples 15 4 Natonal vim Core UDI ius ea Soe bee Ea da ad a ECC Y Re n 15 SUOMI 3 ce e WX R44 eee he hae ee ee 15 5 Glossary 19 Copyright 2015 by AuScope http auscope org au site copyright php 2 Portal user guide The AuScope portal displays geospatial data obtained from a number of organisations around Australia The portal provides a way to find geospatial data and display that data on the map Finding the data to display is managed by the data services panels at the left hand side of the window LAST JAVA Layers ULTRI WEST HUSA EAST MUSA Featured Registered Custom Research Data TEHGOARA TENGGARA search Visible Christmas Island 3 National ASTER Map Ferric oxide co s P 3 National ASTER Map Kaelingroupind l 2 3 National ASTER Map TIR Quartz index UN a O National ASTER Map MaO group c M A E National ASTER Map green vegetatio IM p 3 National ASTER Map Fe2. WESNAMS Layer Style LegendURL A boring default style LegendURL WFS WMS Layer Style Legend URL Default Point LegendURL A boring default style LegendURL Figure 4 Layer processing status Searching layers You can search for layers using their name enter part of the name in the search box and click the magnifying glass or press Enter The list of layers will be reduced to the ones that match the text you entered in the search box 9 A The search string matches the beginning of each word in the layer name For example bore will match layers All Boreholes and Borehole view but will not match Arboreum To remove the search filter in order to see all layers again click the X button next to the search box Filtering displayed layered Allows the filtering of the displayed layers based on e Visible Bound Only display layers that intersect with the current visible map bound Search text Search Reset Figure 5 Searching for layers 3 Portal operations 9 Search Pp I lt Filter Layer by 3 Analytic CSIRO 3 Items Visible Bound E Musgrave Airbone Electromagnetic 4 Active Layer E Western Area Airbone Electromagn Mi e Q Ashburton Airbone Electromagnetic Ey Portrayal Layer Figure 6 Filter Layer by option e Active Layer Only display layers that are currently active on the map e Data Layer Only display layers that contains data e Portrayal Layer
3. GA Geoscience Australia GML Geography Markup Language OGC Open Geospatial Consortium SRS Spatial Reference System WCS Web Coverage Service WES Web Feature Service WMS Web Mapping Service XML Extensible Markup Language
4. button Error STSAS Leave the default depth values tor the entire depth Error sSTSAV i ErreruTSAS e Fl GrisTSAS Start Depth m 2 E Grpl sTSay en eem 20 E F Grp2 sTSAS Interval m 2 A Gr2sTSAV l Mint s Graph Type Graph Display Option sT L PA Misala A ae Show Legend mineral index for TSA singleton match or primary mixture component from short wave infrared E uTSAS SWIR library Minz STSAS Line Chart 7 Min STSAV Fl Min uTSAS F NIL_Stat sTSAS E NIL Stat sTSAY El E SHR sTSAS Plat efe Fl SNR sTSAV Minl sTSAS Minl sTSAV Unbound Water sTSAS 1n ib 30 an 50 Eb Hu 8 Ankerlte d li cake 0 hienta Fa 150 8 Chicrite Felig 110 E Dalamre E 130 L Epidate B same calis E Kaplinna Px y ll kanlinie 0 150 lina Muscowia LEO Paragenticlliria 170 Phengne TE Phergniciiite IA E VingeMarker 200 210 220 236 24D 250 p im 206 8 53 100 158 30 Samala Com Samp Coura Figure 16 Scalar list and sample plot o Glossary 19 On the right hand side of the window are some options that affect how the plot is drawn e You can filter the data by depth minimum and maximum depth in metres e Change the display interval For example display the results from every 2 metres e Hide or show the plot legend and e Change the type of plot type bar or line chart 5 Glossary Term Meaning CSW Catalog Service for the Web Catalog Service Web
5. by the panel to the left hand side of the window To view a data service you have to Select the data source from one of the lists 2 Optionally filter the data for example a specific mineral type and 3 Add the data as a map layer The panel implement these steps The panel lists the data services that have been registered with the portal The services are grouped into several different themes see Layer collections below The filter display expands when a layer is selected Depending on the type or complexity of the layer s data you can filter it to obtain a subset of the original data If the data service provides a view into a database you will be able to filter the data by entering specific values for database fields for example the name of the mineral being mined or selecting the data provider Filters include plain text and wildcards to match database fields or select lists containing data values fetched from the database or service Click the Add layer to map button to apply any filters to the data and display the results on the map The icon E on the layer will update accordingly to m when the layer is rendered onto the map The functionality to remove layer from map is also enabled for m 4 Note that adding a layer may not display the data immediately the data has to be fetched from the providers and so it may take a few minutes and be displayed in batches Map The map area 1s a standard web based map display
6. show thumbnail images of each core section Clicking a thumbnail will show the original picture for that section in a new browser window or tab Scalars The Scalars tab of the Spectral Datasets shows all datasets obtained from measurements of the core samples For example infra red spectroscopy measurements of the samples Clicking the Scalars tab displays the list of available measurements on the left hand side of the window you can see a brief description of them by hovering the mouse over each item You can plot the measurements by selecting one or more scalars and clicking the Plot button EN sg Fall 7 featured Registered 3 AuScope Earth Resource Services 4 Items Earth Resource Mine M po L Earth Resource Mineral Occurrence Earth Resource Mining Activity M pp Mineral Occurrence View M p Y Boreholes 4 Items Borehole View 4Examples o M c j z _ E Smithton d Wynyard Burnie Ulverstone Devon porti Name Elevation m J Start Depth m End Depth m 599 Core Custodian MRT Drilling Co RGC Exploration Pty Drilling Dara Car jan 08 1004 Fr 18 Borehole ld 19353 RRDDH2 Rocky River Images Scalars Download 19353 RRDDH2 Rocky River List of Scalars Hint Scalar a Select a scalar s from the Scalar List table on the left and then i Water sTS click Plot
7. showing a background map with zero or more layers overlaying the map to display selected features You can zoom in or out by using the mouse wheel and move the map by dragging the mouse around The map is based on several standard web technologies provided by e OpenLayers e Google Maps e Earth Resource Services 4 Items Earth Resine Earth Res urce Mineral Occurrence Earth Resource Mining Activity Mineral Occurrence View Y Chile Region IV ASTER Map 4 Items 3 1 3 Portal operations 5 Portal operations Data Services Layers Each row on the panel provides the following information e b update to m when the layer is added This will provide an indication which layers have been added as well as provide the functionality to remove the added layer from the map e Processing status this is an animated graphic to indicate whether data is being fetched and from where e Layer name obtained from the data service e Layer type icon This indicates the type of data being provided by the organisation see Layer icons Clicking on the icon will display a pop up window with details of the data service and the data 1t provides e Boundary Click the magnifying glass to briefly display the boundary rectangle of the data on the map the boundary will only be drawn on the map for a few seconds If the data 1s provided by multiple organisations you may see several boundaries one for each indi
8. Only display layers that contain only image data Layer collections The tabs at the top of the Layers panel separate the data services into several collections e Featured These data services are registered with the portal and are displayed together using common themes such as Mining Boreholes and so on e Registered These services are similar to those from the Featured category but do not belong to any of the Featured themes e Custom Layers This tab allows you to create your own layers from remote data services see below e Research data These layers are from past or present research activities and may contain partial or incomplete information Custom Layers Custom Layers allow you to add layers from any mapping server in the world You will need the link URL to the web service and enter it into the field in the panel Press Enter to connect to the service and the portal will query the service s capabilities In the above figure Open WeatherMap org provides precipitation and cloud maps amongst other weather data These capabilities are treated like normal map layer and can be added to the map by selecting the row and click the Add layer to map button 4 Custom Layers are not saved you will have to add them again when you revisit the portal Some WMS services are not compatible with the Portal They may provide capabilities that are not supported by the portal or provide data in a format that cannot be used The most
9. common problem is the service provides data in a spatial reference system SRS that is not supported by the mapping software 10 Layers Featured Registered Custom Research Data WMS Url http geofabric bom gov a X Browse Catalogue E Aquifer Contours E p E AHGFAquiferContour E o E AHGFAquiferContourBottom E p E AHGFAquiferContourTop H p 3 AHGFAquiferContourBedrock Aa p WMS Properties Opacity 3 Add layer to Map Options Figure 7 Custom layers Type of data WMS Linky GA Historic flood maps http eos ga gov au geoserver NFRIP WOfS wms OpenStreetMap example http irs gis lab info layers osm OpenWeather http wms openweathermap org service not working Filters Each layer provides different ways to filter the data depending on the structure its data The following image shows a sample of the filters from three different mining layers Note that each filter provides fields of several types plain text dates and select lists e Plain text fields match the data exactly but case insensitive Some data services also support wildcards to match portions of the field e Date fields are in the format yyyy mm dd and also provide a pop up calendar to selected the date invalid dates are indicated with a red border around the input text box e Select lists are populated from unique values from the data Earth Resource Mining Activity ion P 3 Earth Resource Mineral Occurr
10. egion you will have the opportunity to specific the image type for example GeoTIFF JPEG etc Web Mapping Service Permanent Links If you would like to save the current state of the portal e g view and some layers use the Permanent Link button at the top right of the map to generate a special link URL that can be 14 sent to other people or saved as a browser bookmark The link contains encoded information recording the map s viewpoint zoom level and which layers are displayed An example link is http portal auscope org portal gmap html s X QAAAQBDAAAA97761776J776iNyzvv783 OwsD776KbVnvvpvvv4jvv Hvvp0m77 68 rTnv v60iBn vvdbvvqDvv6gK FRINNu4 u3zvv6pm776s 7 7 Geut nut it nUtX77 4 774 72a0 NQA amp v 3 4 Some layers such as Custom Layers cannot be saved 3 3 Map Navigation Move map N S E W Zoom in or out Zoom handle Grab and move Zoom to rectangle Figure 11 Map controls There are several ways to navigate around the map e Using the map controls Click the arrows to move the map North South East or West Click the plus or minus signs to zoom in or out Drag the zoom handle up or down e Special controls The rectangle icon amp lets you draw a rectangle on the map which will then zoom to provide the best view of the selected area Click the hand icon to reset the mouse in order to drag the map around This is automatically done after zoo
11. ence Wining Arc tivity Filter Properties Mineral Occurrence Filter Properties socia Mne commodity roduced Material w Provider agate aggregate coarse ctivity Start Date 5 aggreg aggregate crushed rock ctivity End Date E e Add layer to Map aggregate decorative aggregate fine lin Ore 2 Earth Resa rocessed o aggregate marine lin Prod E Mineral OC aggregate undifferentiated mount m u rovid amp Boreholes 4 Item 2g ficultural lime rovider alumina KE 3 Portal operations 1 in either no data or the filter will be ignored Click the Add layer to map button to apply any filters to the data and display the results on the map If the layer is already active it will be replaced by a layer with the new filter 4 A number of data services provide data from external sources and when they are added to the map a copyright notice will be show Complex filter example The following filter 1s from the Synthetic Aperture Radar data service Raw Synthetic Aperture Radar SAR data from ERS 1 and ERS 2 satellites Data is provided in the standardised CEOS format under licence from the European Space Agency ESA L Synthetic Aperture Radar data I CSW Filter Properties Any text Title Abstract 4 Metadata change date From 3 To 3 Temporal extent Bounding box Add layer to Map amp J Options Figure 9 Synthetic Aperture Radar filter The filter ha
12. g this link will open a new browser window or tab to show the raw XML retrieved from the WES service e Clicking on a map thumbnail will display the original image Erin rai xil 3 OGC Web Feature Service 1 1 0 6 Items er MiningFearureOccurrence Firsi 5 features hittpc geology data ni gav au BO geoserverl wfs EarihResourcebML mining feature occurrences of Morthern Terrkory of Australia er MiningFeatureOccurrence First 5 features hittp l auscope services test arrc csira au BOlgsnew earthresourcehwls Geological Survey of NEW EnrthResourceML 1 1 Mining Feature Occurrences er MiningFeatureOccurrence First 5 features hitp auscope services best arrc csirp au B pgsg earthresource lwis Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines 1 1 Mining Feature Occurrences er MiningFeatureOccurrence First 5 features hips Js arigdata pr sa ow amp aulmclgecsenerwfs EarthResourceML mining feature occurrences of South Australia er MiningFeatureOccurrer Service Information ut hitpolfwww mrt tas om au BE EarthResounceML mining Te er MiningFeatureOccurret hitpollpeossd dmp wa gov a GSWA EarthRespourcehL 1 er Mining FeatureDccurence hip l geossdi dmp wa gov muc BOs ervices wrmes 2SERVICE MWM S Xm EHE GAMA EarthHesourceML 1 1 Mining Feature Occurrences er MiningFearureOccurrei GANA EartnHesourceML 1 1 IW Anim Feature Oc emmes http menos data mi ge at B OGE Web Map Service a Others 6 Items Default Point LegendURL
13. ming to a rectangle e Using the mouse Move the map hold the left mouse button down and move the mouse Zoom in and out use the mouse s scroll wheel 4 1 4 Examples 15 Examples National Virtual Core Library The National Virtual Core Library NVCL is a geospatial database holding high resolution pictures of drill samples to help explore the mineralogy and composition of the upper 1 2 km of the Australian continent The drill samples in the library come from a number of sources including State agencies and industry 15 74 m 14 505 m 1 081 m n 100 200 300 00 soo Distance alang section mm Figure 12 Example core sample The following steps displays the NVCL data on the portal s map and views the details for one of the core samples 1 Select the National Virtual Core Library from the list of layers 2 Click on the Add layer to Map button to draw the data points on the map You may also filter the data to a subset using the options in the filter panel remember to select the filters before adding the layer to the map 3 Zoom in to a region by selecting the rectangle tool and 4 Draw a rectangle on the map in this case the top of Tasmania The map will zoom to that area 5 Click on a location pin and the summary of the core s data will be displayed in a pop up window 6 Click on the Spectral Datasets tab to view pictures and measurements taken of the core By default the detail window will
14. odii the download filter or Blternattveely you can downikdad direciy fram the WES serice palmis below Note The links below are WES service endpoints Read bere for mara indormation How would you like te portal to titer your download 2 Filter my downoad using the origina bounds dat were used to lad tne layer a 3 Dent filles my download Return all availabe data Email Address auscope example com Download confirmation olx Your request has been submitted The download process may take sometime depending on the size of the dataset To check the progress of your download enter your email address on the download popup and click on Check Status Please contact the administrator if you encounter any issues Check Status mlx Your download has successfully completed Figure 10 Download layer data 5 Once Check status reports that the processing has finished download the data by clicking the link in the status dialog message The data is usually archived as a ZIP file to reduce the file size and package multiple files into one download The download uses standard filenames for the ZIP files They are e GMLDownload zip An archive of XML files defining the features from the data source Geography Markup Language e WCSDownload zip An archive containing one or more NetCDF files with the selected data Web Coverage Service e WMSDownload zip Map images covering the visible r
15. onal access to more functionality via Option e Get Legend A WMS layer will return a wms get legend response Any other service will return the color of the markers used e Remove Layer Remove an added layer from the map and clear all popups e Downloading data open a pop up window that will allow you to download the data being displayed see below Downloading data If you would like to perform further analysis on the data being viewed in the portal you can download the data to your workstation by accessing the menu via right click or selecting the setting button on the layer and selecting Download Layer Depending on the type of data being provided by the service you will have to complete a number of dialogs to identify the data you want and possibly the format of the data A sample sequence is show in these screenshots The sequence is usually 1 Identify the data to be archived for download 2 Provide an email address no email is sent this 1s just a unique identifier for you 3 Submit the request by clicking the Download button 4 Use the Check status button to report on the status of the download request and 3 2 3 Portal operations 13 Download Options ES The portal will make a download requeston your behalf and return the results in a ZIP archive Pease check back with us later using your ema as access token and click on Check Status We Emit thre results to 200 features per access puint TOU can ertner m
16. rrcus iron con n p 3 National ASTER Map MgOH groupco UN B 3 National ASTER Map False colour mo Ea n O National ASTER Map Repalith Ratios a n e National ASTER Map AIGH group con M p 3 National ASTER Map TIR Gypsum index M p 3 National ASTER Map TIR Silica index M n 3 Others 6 Items e E Decay T g y E 1 jE E Reports G n li Pe LAT 3 Synthetic Aperture Radar data ni p 3 GA Onshore Seismic Surveys a p 3 Yilga Laterite Gecchemistry M P 3 Geochronelegy a S z Tenements 1 Item 2 w Mineral Tenemerts M e Mine Fi amp er Properties Tenement Marne Tenement Type Prospecting w PATET Tenement Expiry ra End Date Min Size Provider Ww Google Figure 1 The AuScope Portal The data services are a collections of web based services from organisations around Australia that provide geospatial data such as Geoscience Australia CSIRO State Governments and several Universities The following sections describe the portal the first section of this document is an overview of the portal Later sections provide details on the portal s operations The Examples section contains steps to perform common activities 2 1 2 2 2 Overview B Overview Data Services Various organisations provide data to the portal it may be as simple as satellite imagery or a view into a geospatial database The data provided by these servcies are draw as layers overlaying the background map Selecting the data to view is managed
17. s a complex collection of fields that are used to reduce the amount of data being drawn on the map e Text fields that may or may not support wildcards e Groups of fields fields grouped together in a common theme For example the Temporal extent group 1s a time period between the start and end dates e Date fields with a pop up calendar e Numeric fields such as the bounding box coordinates not shown but it asks for minimum amp maximum latitudes and longitudes of the bounding box 12 Wildcards Wildcards are special characters that allow filters to match all or part of a text field They may also position the match at the beginning or end of the field A A data provider may choose not to implement wildcards for example to reduce processing overheads or limit their behaviour This means a filter on a text field may accept any of these matching rules 1 A strict match of the entire text field usually case insensitive 2 A match to any portion of the field For example a filter of old will match goldfield lease and the folding chair 3 A match any beginning end wildcard asterisk For example sil will match silver mine and silicon chip Similarly ts will match hot spots and polar orbits 4 A single character wildcard Hash For example 9 will match bore 295 and mine number 1294 Additional Option Expanding the displays on the layers provide additi
18. vidual organisation Processing status This icon is animated when data is being fetched from a provider If you hover your mouse over the icon a pop up window will display details on where the data 1s coming from and its progress Once the processing has completed the animation has stopped clicking on the icon will provide a summary of the data fetched from the provider The summary will vary depending on what types of data 1s being provided It can include e Features points or areas on the map e Maps with an optional thumbnail and e Other data provided by the service Layer icons Layer types are identified using these icons 1110 e 01 Data this is a service that provides geospatial objects such as points and areas which may provide fields that are used to filter the data being shown on the map e Portrayal this service provides maps Maps are subdivided into tiles at different resolutions the mapping software will use the map s zoom level to select the resolution Request Status http nvchwebservices vm csiro au50 qeoserverbH wts Vi https sangdata pir sa gov au nvcl geoaserverh wfs Loading http auscope dpi nsw gov au B geoserver wfs WMS Lo Figure 3 Adding a layer onto the map 3 Portal operations of the map images Selecting Layer type icon e If the service provides features you should see a link that will show first 5 features that were retrieved from the data service Clickin
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