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STRIKE

  • Project Overview:
  • The Problem:
    Providing potential mineral explorers around the world with access to the Northern Territory's geological data
  • The Solution:
    GeoSamba provided the perfect solution - a user friendly web-mapping interface that provides explorers, regardless of their location, with access to the Territory's geological data
  • The Benefits:
    The ability to view multiple datasets on one screen, spatial modelling tools makes complex spatial queries easy, comprehensive layer library, the ability to create customised maps and reports

“ Regardless of location, prospective explorers can easily access the Territory’s multiple geological databases in real-time, from any web-enabled machine regardless of location. ”


In May 2004 the Northern Territory Government launched STRIKE: the Spatial Territory Information Kit for Exploration providing prospective explorers with access to all the Northern Territory’s geological data.
The problem

The Northern Territory Government identified that to ensure future investment in the Territory’s mining and resource sector, it needed to encourage exploration throughout the region. To meet this need, the government wanted to make its many geological databases available to prospective explorers around Australia and the world.

The solution

NGIS Australia worked closely with the Northern Territory Government to develop STRIKE, the Spatial Territory Information Kit for Exploration.

STRIKE is a web-mapping application, powered by GeoSamba for ArcIMS. GeoSamba uses the latest in browser technology to provide users with the ability to browse map layers and analyse information contained in disparate databases and display it visually through the one interface.

Benefits

The real advantage GeoSamba delivers in this project is locational transparency. Regardless of location, prospective explorers can easily access the Territory’s multiple geological databases in real-time, from any web-enabled machine regardless of location.

STRIKE enables users to spatially compare both vector and raster geological, geophysical, exploration, tenement and ancillary data for the entire Northern Territory. Vector layers can be queried and downloaded to provide valuable information to assist mineral and petroleum exploration.

The ability to view multiple datasets visually on the one common screen provides explorers with a much better insight into the potential prospectivity of an area.

GeoSamba provides STRIKE users with a comprehensive range of spatial interrogation tools, allowing users to perform complex spatial queries with a comprehensive layer library providing the ability to control layer attributes and order map themes and labels.

Once logged into STRIKE, user can:

  • query data such as the amount of ore found in geochemical samples
  • select a point on a map and display the associated data from all visible map layers access data for a specified layer within a selected area of a map
  • search for historical exploration results, old license information and relevant records summarising previous exploration activity create maps and reports, customised to the needs of their business.

STRIKE has been a huge success for the Northern Territory Government with many potential investors and explorers using STRIKE’s user friendly browser interface to access the Territory’s geological data.

‘STRIKE is an exciting tool that can be accessed by explorers wanting to do business in the territory. This is a fully interactive application, allowing minerals an petroleum exploration companies to add or remove layers of information, zoom in and out of the map display and search for specific information to determine the prospectivity of any area in the Northern Territory’ Kon Vatskalis, Northern Territory Mines and Energy Minister.

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