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Connections between geology, landscape and people: Regional geological summaries for the GeoInsight pilot

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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GeoInsight was an 18-month pilot project developed in the latter part of Geoscience Australia’s Exploring for the Future Program (2016–2024). The aim of this pilot was to develop a new approach to communicating geological information to non-technical audiences, that is, non-geoscience professionals. The pilot was developed using a human-centred design approach in which user needs were forefront considerations. Interviews and testing found that users wanted a simple and fast, plain-language experience which provided basic information and provided pathways for further research. GeoInsight’s vision is to be an accessible experience that curates information and data from across the Geoscience Australia ecosystem, helping users make decisions and refine their research approach, quickly and confidently.

In the first iteration of GeoInsight, selected products for energy, minerals, water, and complementary information from Geoscience Australia’s Data Discovery Portal and Data and Publications Catalogue were examined to (1) gauge the relevance of the information they contain for non-geoscientists and, (2) determine how best to deliver this information for effective use by non-technical audiences.

This Record contains the regional summaries used for GeoInsight. The intention of these summaries is to provide brief context to the more in-depth geological information. Any updates to the summaries used in GeoInsight will be accompanied by updates to this document, including a change log.

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Title Connections between geology, landscape and people: Regional geological summaries for the GeoInsight pilot
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/a765bf00-2c8f-474e-985c-7aeb692dc288
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 02/07/2024
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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        112.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
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        -44.0
      ],
      [
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      ],
      [
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      ],
      [
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Connections between geology, landscape and people: Regional geological summaries for the GeoInsight pilot". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/connections-between-geology-landscape-and-people-regional-geological-summaries-for-the-geoinsig