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Department of CommerceWV Geological & Economic Survey

“Geology Underlies It All . . . “Providing Spatial Data and Services to the Mountain State

Mary C. Behling, Richard D. Binns, and Susan E. Pool

June 3, 2014

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WV Geological & Economic Survey

Stewards of geologic information for West Virginia: Coal resources Oil and gas resources Other mineral resources Geologic mapping Environmental and natural hazards information Others (e.g., structure, etc. . . )

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WV Geological & Economic Survey

GIS tools support: ♦ our research ♦ our information and service programs ♦ our cooperative projects and activities

with other state & federal agencies, geological surveys, and academic colleagues

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WV Geological & Economic Survey

Our newest work . . . ◦ Using ESRI ArcGIS Server 10.2

◦ Developing new applications with ArcGIS API for JavaScript

◦ Providing web services and applications for coal mining activity and 79 separate coal seams

◦ Utilizing backend production Oracle/SDE server and publication PostgreSQL/SDE database servers

Updated Mapping of Coal Beds and Mining

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Search by key word and filter results by coal seam

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Example using one of our REST services in ArcMap

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WV Geological & Economic Survey

Interactive maps:http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu -- Online Mapping- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -REST services for coal: Web: http://atlas.wvgs.wvnet.edu/arcgis/rest/services/Coal_Web_Mercator

In ArcMap: http://atlas.wvgs.wvnet.edu/arcgis/services

(contact Richard Binns)

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WV Geological & Economic SurveyMore GIS activity . . .

Play-basedoil & gas applications

Geothermal energy

Marcellus Shale

Broadband coverage

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WV Geological & Economic SurveyOther related work . . .

Availability of digital geologic maps by 7.5’ quad (for purchase);

as many as 15 to 23 data layersprovided per quad

Interactive 7.5’ topo map index

Earthquakeepicenters database

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WV Geological & Economic SurveyOnline data services . . .

“Pipeline-Plus”Website (1st page): 6,150,058 views in 2013

MIDS Website (1st page): 189,712 views in 2013

WVOG map

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WV Geological & Economic Survey

West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey1 Mont Chateau Road

Morgantown, WV 26508Phone: (304)594-2331

http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu

Contact us:

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