Mapping geology publications by area of study, Is there already sth like that?

Hi everyone, my idea is to create points with a link to the work/publication so we can share by area the work we did. First of all… is there anything like this already?

sth like this: Geología Argentina - uMap - Online map creator

I would like to block some features as the description and main rules and also that the one who wants to add his work can not delete mine.

Also when tried to create more complex data sets with the attribute table the information is then hidden and is not simple to access the link. Would be nice to follow QGIS format of creating a new feature where it is mandatory to fill up some attributes first, so it is also classified and represented by theme or institution for example.

If someone can help would super appreciate it!!

Thank you in advance and keep maping!

Hello, great idea! Unsure if exactly what you have envisaged has been done, but there are many examples of data repositories that provide map views to look (and download) data. I haven’t seen one for publications though. One hurdle I see is the scale of studies and depicting them on a map. For example a study “Rocks of Buenos Aires” is simple to locate to Buenos Aires, but a study like “Andean andesites” would cover a large area and several outcrops/site/cores for which a single point might not be very representative.

Cheers

https://macrostrat.org/

https://macrostrat.org/map/#x=0&y=0&z=5&show=columns,fossils,satellite,geology

https://macrostrat.org/burwell/#5/0/0

The MacroStrat API is fantastic and allows for a variety of queries and data visualization.

https://tiles.macrostrat.org/

The Geological Service of Colombia (SGC) developed a geological map of all of South America.

https://www2.sgc.gov.co/MGC/Paginas/gmsa5M2019.aspx

https://srvags.sgc.gov.co/arcgis/rest/services/Mapa_Geologico_Sur_America/GeologicalMapSouthAmerican/MapServer

https://srvags.sgc.gov.co/arcgis/services/Mapa_Geologico_Sur_America/GeologicalMapSouthAmerican/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

Querying information from the WMS using GetFeatureInfo is easy to configure and use.

I think the idea is not to create a geological map, but a map with points linking to publications that dealt with the geology at that point/location.

I doubt the vast majority in OSM would know whether there are curated editable geology research location maps. I don’t know if existing software/service has this edit control either, let alone the filling forms. At worst, you could use an external spreadsheet/form/database, then connect them in uMap’s “remote data” in the layer.
This is not what you asked for exactly, but Wikidata organizes papers. You could ask if they find it fits in the existing format main subject - Wikidata , or ask for topic and location separately. Wikidata:WikiProject Wikidata for research/Data models/Scholarly article - Wikidata

They can then be rendered Wikidata:SPARQL query service/queries/examples - Wikidata

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