EGDI Data Tools
Primary Data Tools
These tools offer high-level, easy and intuitive applications that
- allow the selection and representation of the desired information in a web map viewer on the one hand, and
- the search by writing text in a field and selecting options (services, documents, layers or databases) from a form to obtain all the resources available in EGDI restricted to a geographical area and in any EU language.
Primary Data Tools make use of the secondary ones and are recommended for all users regardless of their level of knowledge about geographic information.
Secondary Data Tools
Secondary Data Tools are more specialized than primaries. Their use is recommended for users who need detailed information about geological data resources (called metadata), such as obtaining the date of publication, the provider’s contact, the spatial or temporal resolution, the authorized use of the data, and whether it is free or paid.
Other interesting information processed by EGDY Secondary Data Tools are:
- what available documents are related to some geographical regions or resources,
- what words are equivalent in different languages,
- definitions of geological and geographical concepts,
- how many layers are available, and what are they in the EGDI Platform.