- Name담당자-MOU
- Date2021/11/30 00:00
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Creating the ‘Open-Science Ecosystem’ in Geoscience:
Can ‘Geo-Bigdata’ be the Game Changer?
The founder of Chinese ‘Online Shopping’ giant, ‘Alibaba GroupⓇ,’ Jack Ma emphasized the importance of data, saying, “The world is moving from the 「Age of Information & Communication Technology」 to the 「Age of Data Technology」” in 2016.
As many of the great minds recognize the potential of data utilization in the 4th Industrial Revolution, which comes to us in ‘Artificial intelligence’ and ‘Big Data' is being applied in every aspect of our lives more than you can imagine.
For more than 100 years, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) has produced vast amounts of Geoscience Data by conducting domestic and international geological research projects. Over time, numerous field surveys, exploration, drilling, and analyses are beyond Korea’s valuable Geoscience legacy that can open a new era in the future.
○ National Data Center for Geoscience in Korea
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources has produced an extensive amount of research data in terrestrial geology, mineral resources, petroleum seabed resources, and the global environment. The Geo-research data from both fields and laboratories is a valuable asset to the history of the records of the Korean Peninsula.
The Geoscience Data Center was newly established in 2018 to preserve the accurate geo-research data perpetually, without any damage or loss which may have diverse characteristics depending on the acquisition methods. The important Geoscience data is systematically collected, preserved, and managed for efficient usages for future research.
We believe that the Geoscience Data Center can provide clues in solving global problems such as climate changes, depletions in mineral resources, ongoing natural disasters, and environmental pollutions that the world is facing now. The importance of data has been emphasized for a long time, but attention has been focused only on the final products. Those overlooked research attitudes resulted in consequences for keeping the data only personal usages during the research on progress.
KIGAM’s Geo-resource Data Repository (GDR) is operated for the stable management of data from losing it because all data preservation has great historical and academic value in the Geo-fields. In addition, it increases the data reuse rate and provides a foundation for providing prompt and accurate data required for many civil constructions as well as initial data for natural disasters such as earthquakes, landslides, and groundwater pollutions.
The Geodata Journal, operated by the Geoscience Data Center, publishes research data in the form of papers to improve the value and utility of data. Furthermore, it provides research data producers with an opportunity to create the same results as a thesis, in terms of reference citations. The CCOP-GDR system is taking the lead in enhancing the national status by collecting and managing the geological samples and analyzing data of CCOP Member Countries for the know-how of building the GDR system.
○ The New ‘GEO Big Data Open Platform’ of KIGAM
The Geoscience Data Center has been building a smart geo-platform that promotes big daterization of the one grand reliable data source for sharing and utilizing of research data to national and social issues.
The new ‘GEO Big Data Open Platform’ has improved information accessibility by integrating into the one geo-information service operated by KIGAM. This website will serve as a standard geo-resource research platform where researchers in various fields can be connected based on unbiased research data.
In addition, the KIGAM’s final research outcomes and results such as geological maps, original research data produced during the research process, i.e. field surveys and exploration data, geological samples, and analyses data, are registered on the ‘GEO Big Data Open Platform.’ We expect that many researchers will access the open platform to share data, and lead more on collaborative research projects as possible.
We uploaded more than 1,900 digital research data, including geological maps, seabed quality maps, and geophysical ideal maps, which have been sold for a fee, as well as field surveys and exploration data, geological samples, and analysis data, are available for free of charge through ‘GEO Big Data Open Platform.’
KIGAM decided to provide high-quality geological resource data for free because a quick and accurate geo-data accessibility will benefit the nation and the people to increase the social and economic values.
The ‘GEO Big Data Open Platform’ is the one-stop geo-search engine that offers digitalized data, downloading, and open API services as well as more than 130,000 both foreign and domestic research reports and theses. It also integrates with the National Research Data Platform (Dataon).
You can access the 3D geological maps such as seabed geology maps, geophysical maps, and geothermal theme maps, which a user may experience a sense of reality and accuracy at the same time.
KIGAM increased the credibility of the geological samples and analyses data, which was provided through the ‘GEO Big Data Open Platform’ by joining the International Geo Sample Number (IGSN) registry first in Asia. Geological samples such as rocks and drilling cores provided through the open platform will be assigned an International Geo Sample Number (IGSN).
To promote the ‘GEO Big Data Open Platform,’ KIGAM plans to hold a 'Geo-research Data Utilization Contest' every year for university & graduate students, professional researchers, and related-industry workers. In addition, we plan to continuously provide the user-friendly latest geo-information with advancing 3D technology systems.
○ Providing User-Friendly & High-Quality Geo-Data
The ultimate goal of the ‘GEO Big Data Open Platform’ is to build a 'smart geoplatform' that combines geo-bigdata and artificial intelligence. The data built on the smart geoplatform can be utilized for the creation of new industries in the georesources field. We also hope that this geo-bigdata is for increasing public safety converging with the 4th industrial revolution technology.
The ‘GEO Big Data Open Platform’ will function as the national data center in the field of geo-resources. We will provide the public with reliable data necessary for public safety, response to changes in the global environment, securing mineral resources and strategic (critical) materials, and developing future energy and resources in a timely manner for the hyper-gap society that we live.
Finally, the ‘GEO Big Data Open Platform’ will improve people's livelihoods by providing high-quality data that eventually creates a data-based cooperative research ecosystem to solve social problems such as national land development, geological disasters, and climate change for the future.
For More Information:
Dr. JongGyu Han
E-Mail: jghan@kigam.re.kr
Head, Geoscience Data Center
Geoscience Platform Division
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)