RUNGE has used its Mining Dynamics software to help GeoScience Victoria move its large archive of geoscientific data from a 2D to 3D model management system.
GeoScience Victoria provides the mining industry and state government of Victoria with geoscience information, which helps attract and encourage resources exploration in Victoria.
To achieve its goals, it needed an efficient solution for storing, managing and retrieving the complex information generated from 3D modelling projects. It wanted the 3D models to be quick and easy to access.
GeoScience Victoria needed to develop a consistent and systematic environment in which 3D models in a range of formats could be prepared, manipulated, stored, discovered, visualized, and delivered. The models also needed to be accessible to different markets while at the same time protecting sensitive industry data.
Runge proposed to use its Mining Dynamics solution, which has capabilities for storing, discovering and visualising 3D models. It developed a custom implementation for GeoScience Victoria, called 3D Geological Model Management System (3DGMMS).
According to Runge, the 3DGMMS solution consisted of the processes and workflows to ensure the consistent handling of 3D models, 3D object and context-specific metadata storage, and a browser-based visualisation system for 3D models and metadata.
The 3D model handling workflow framework included components for receiving industry models and applying appropriate security levels to confidential models, building and storing models created by GeoScience Victoria, and granting access to the models to various parties.
The 3DGMMS Solution was designed to support a variety of file formats for 3D models, translating between different spatial data types and performing projection translations. This allowed staff at GeoScience Victoria to view the models without specific software.
The Mining Dynamics system also applied ISO 19139 metadata to the models, allowing users to search for objects based on this metadata, export the metadata, and allow access from standard-compliant third-party systems.
As a result, the non-confidential 3D models stored in the system are searchable and viewable from GeoScience Victoria’s public website.
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