The Geologic Map of the Adriatic Sea: a first step towards INSPIRE Geology data specification compliance

The Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) produced the geological map of the Adriatic Sea as part of the “Geological Mapping of the Italian Seas” at the scale 1:250.000, sponsored by the Italian Geologic Survey (SGI, now part of ISPRA).
The geological map of the Adriatic Sea is the first cartographic project in Italy giving a synthetic representation of the distribution of the seafloor sediment (Seafloor Map) and the tectonic and stratigraphic characteristics of the Adriatic
Sea (Subcrop Map).
An ESRI Geodatabase has been designed by ISMAR for storing and easily accessing the remarkable amount of marine geophysical data (bathymetry, seafloor reflectivity, seismic reflection profiles, seismicity, gravimetry, magnetic data),
geological samples (obtained by coring, box coring, grabbing and dredging), images of the seafloor by video and still camera and the results of sedimentological and stratigraphical analysis, necessary to compile the geological map of the
Adriatic Sea. This work aims at comparing the data structure of the geodatabase with the data specifications produced by INSPIRE on Geology (D2.8.II/III.4 Data Specification on Geology – Draft Guidelines, and related model).

This poster was presented during the INSPIRE Conference 2013: http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/events/conferences/inspire_2013/