The status of digital geological mapping and Clearing House in Korea

  • Yeon, Young-Kwang (National Geoscience Information Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources(KIGAM)) ;
  • Han, Joung-Kyu (National Geoscience Information Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources(KIGAM)) ;
  • Chi, Kwang-Hoon (National Geoscience Information Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources(KIGAM))
  • Published : 2002.10.01

Abstract

KIGAM(Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) has finished to digitalize geological maps of 1/50, 000 scales in 1999. This project is supported by the Korea Ministry of Information and Communication under the name of "Knowledge and Information Resources Management Project". And via geo-clearing house, KIGAM has begun to sale the geological maps that are modified more correctly now June, 2002. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the status of digital geological mapping in Korea. And to introduce Clearing House and future plans of KIGAM.

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