Cartography
The purpose of the Cartography Unit is to provide GIS, Cartographic and Desk Top Publishing advice and services to all Operational Programmes within the Geological Survey as well as Exploration and Mining Division, Petroleum Affairs Division and occasionally other areas of our parent department - the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
The Unit is committed to providing the best quality service and products within our resources, in a rapidly changing environment.
The Cartography Unit is responsible for:
- Design and layout of maps and diagrams
- GIS mapping
- Desk Top Publishing
- Printing
- Scanning
- Unix administration
- Print Server administration
- GSI's publication store
- GSI's publication budget
- Web updates
The Unit is specifically involved in the following activities:
- As part of a cross- functional team, working in a GIS environment, complete groundwater protection schemes for County Councils
- Design and layout of Annual Reports and Newsletters
- Provide GIS support for Bedrock Sections and working with Bedrock staff input directly to the GIS production of the CD and map for the 1:50,000 scale.
- Present the GIS work of the Geological Survey at meetings, conferences and workshops.
- Continued web-related work
- Continue to produce maps and publications priortised by Sections
- Develop and deploy interactive GIS applications/Techniques