Botswana Geoscience Portal Goes Live

by GIS Resources , 2016-06-09

Online portal improves access to geoscience data from Africa

Geosoft recently announced the launch of the Botswana Geoscience Portal, a partnership initiative with the Botswana Geoscience Institute and industry sponsors. Developed and hosted by Geosoft, the portal provides free access to multi-disciplinary datasets from Ngamiland, a district in the country’s northwest. It is available online at: http://geoscienceportal.geosoft.com/Botswana/search.

The geoscience portal aims to help Botswana attract new investment in resource exploration, improve transparency and stimulate collaboration between government, industry and the public to advance the understanding of the economic and social needs of the North-West district.

Botswana Geoscience Portal. Source: Geosoft

Data available on the Botswana Geoscience Portal includes airborne geophysics, ground geophysics and geochemistry. Future updates will provide access to borehole data, remote sensing, seismic surveys and information products including interpretations and 3D models.

This portal is an initiative of the Botswana Geoscience Institute to improve discovery of multi-disciplinary datasets from Ngamiland, and stimulate collaboration between government, industry and the public to advance understanding of the North-West district.

Use a method below to define your area of interest to search for data:

1. Click the Draw button and then draw the area on the map
2. Select a predefined region from the dropdown list
3. Manually enter the extent in latitudes and longitudes