In more than a dozen geoscience databases established and maintained by the British Geological Survey, in addition to the data collected by itself, the British Geological Survey also brought some private geoscience research institutions, universities and even individuals into the ranks of geological database providers through the partnership mechanism. By signing cooperation agreements with these institutions or individuals, we will provide them with preferential geological information services. At the same time, they require these research institutions or individuals to provide geological information or consulting services to others through the network, thus becoming peripheral providers of earth science and environmental information services, greatly enriching the content of earth information services. In addition, the information service providers in geological survey institutions have also changed greatly. The traditional geological information service providers are mainly data and book management departments, while the modern information service providers have expanded to include major projects (geology, hydrology, minerals, disasters, etc.) of various professional departments. ) within the organization.
Through the national cooperative geoscience information service project, the British Geological Survey has established a close partnership with various organizations with important geoscience data in the UK, and * * * is also a British geological information service organization. According to the annual report of the British Geological Survey in 2006, nearly 300 geological survey institutions, private enterprises, universities and county-level administrative departments have established good cooperative relations with the British Geological Survey.
Second, the service mechanism
The British Geological Survey uses multi-level and multi-department service providers to provide geoscience information to the society. Multi-level refers to the internal organization of the British Geological Survey and the cooperation with private geoscience research institutions, universities and even individuals to provide geological information; Multi-sector refers to cooperation with other institutions with geoscience data in China to provide geoscience information.
Multi-level cooperation brings some private geoscience research institutions, universities and even individuals into the ranks of geological data providers by establishing a partnership mechanism. By signing cooperation agreements with these institutions or individuals, the British Geological Survey provides them with preferential geological information services, and requires them to provide geological information or consulting services to others through their own geoscience research results or data, so as to expand the field of geoscience and environmental services. Although the geological information and services provided by such geological information service providers are limited, they often have their own views and understandings, and their contents are more in-depth on some issues, which helps the public to understand and understand the formation, evolution and development process of the earth from different angles. At the same time, the internal organization of the British Geological Survey has also developed from the information management department of materials and books to other internal organizations, such as geological resources department, environment and disaster department, information department and other professional departments and major projects, and also provides geoscience information services.
Multi-sectoral cooperation means that the British Geological Survey has established partnerships with various institutions with important geoscience data in the UK through the National Geoscience Cooperative Geoscience Information Service Project, and established a national cooperative geoscience information service system in the UK.
When providing socialized services, the British Land Survey attaches great importance to the analysis of users' needs, and modifies its service content accordingly according to the changes of users' needs. For example, according to the current users' requirements, the planning standard of British 151:50,000 scale geological mapping, which was formulated by 1989 and completed in 2005, has some major defects. According to the newly determined users' requirements and national strategic needs, the British Geological Survey reassessed all scales of1:50,000.
Third, the service mode is mainly online service.
The geological information service of British Geological Survey adopts the combination of traditional service and modern service. With the development of science and technology, the proportion of modern geological information service is getting higher and higher. The British Geological Survey has established its own special geological information service website to realize real-time online information service of geological information through Internet/Intranet. Various online geological information service systems and technologies, including Web page dynamic connection, directory query and retrieval system, thematic information browsing query and retrieval system, web mapping system, one-stop service system, service ordering, payment and delivery, have greatly improved the speed and quality of service.
The rapid increase of internet information resources and loose management make users inefficient when searching for information in a certain topic or field. One-stop service system is to solve this problem. It first appeared in the magazine of British Geographic Information Association, and reported that INTERGRAPH opened the world's first all-weather one-stop data storage on the Internet, providing map-based data services for visiting British Geological Survey and other government departments. In 2003, the British Geological Survey launched the national cooperative geoscience information service project, which integrated all kinds of geoscience data and information resources within the British Geological Survey and established a one-stop service system based on Intranet for users within the British Geological Survey. In 2004, the project was further extended to the construction of the British national geoscience information service system, and began to establish partnerships with major domestic geoscience information collectors and providers to provide one-stop services for British society.