Jackson, Ian. 2007 One world : one geology. Geo:connexion International, 6 (7). 34-36.
In March 2007, in Brighton, UK, 81 geoscientists from 43 countries
across the world gathered to consider a proposition – would they be
prepared to collaborate to create a global interoperable geological
map dataset? The answer was a resounding “Yes” and the proposition
became an initiative, known as “OneGeology”, which now has the
support of 65 nations. The concept of scientists producing a “map” of
the rocks of the planet available via the internet caught the imagination
of the world’s press too and pretty soon a website which had
been seeing fewer than visitors a day got 30 000 in an hour! What
generated such interest?
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