Leading institution: Czech Geological Survey
Geological and geophysical data as well as access to existing relevant information are essential for the information support of the decision making and for basic and applied scientific research, namely when aiming at predicting and mitigating landslides, subsidence, earthquakes, flooding and pollution. That is why the Czech Geological Survey was invited to join CzechGeo/EPOS from 2016.
The main objective of the research activity is the technological development and modernization of data and technical infrastructure enabling long-term sustainable management, operation and use of the geological information system. The CGS-DRI (Czech Geological Survey Data Research Infrastructure) provides effective access to geological, geophysical and related applied data with the use of up-to-date technologies. These valuable data resources are inventoried (structured, unstructured, analogue data, all described by publicly available standardized metadata), evaluated (relevance to INSPIRE, EPOS and national priorities), consolidated and harmonized in accord with both European and global standards (INSPIRE Directive, ISO, EGDI, EPOS) and made accessible using modern technologies (metadata, user-friendly web applications, web view and download services).
It is essential to ensure the long-term sustainability of CGS-DRI in order to be able to process more data and thematic sets, to provide relevant metadata and web view and download services in accordance with relevant international standards and rules.