Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/C506964/1
The commercialisation of GAVA - Geospatial Acquisition, Visualisation and Analysis: a new tool for field-based scientists.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor RE Holdsworth, Durham University, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor RW Hobbs, Durham University, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor K McCaffrey, Durham University, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Durham University, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Survey & Monitoring
- Earth Resources
- Tectonic Processes
- Geohazards
- Environmental Informatics
- Abstract:
- This research builds on Digital Geological Mapping (DGM), a novel GPS/GIS-based mapping methodology developed at Durham during NERC-funded research projects. DGM forms the cornerstone of GAVA (Geospatial Acquisition Visualisation & Analysis), a new seamless workflow with significant commercial potential that combines technological advances made in the fields of digital field data capture with state of the art visualisation and analysis applications. Paper-based mapping methods are slow, expensive and require data to be transcribed and exported to a series of different graphics and analysis packages. This process means that an iterative approach during geological interpretation is not usually employed. By using GAVA, digital data from a variety of sources (e.g. geospatially referenced field data, laser scans, remotely sensed imagery and seismic data) can be incorporated directly into a single data model. Communications technology (e.g. mobile/satellite phones) will permit real-time acquisition and analysis, linking field-computers to powerful laboratory-based systems. This will enable field geoscientists to make maximum use of the entire range of data available even when working in the most remote areas. The single data model and workflows employed in GAVA can be extended to most other field-based scientific sectors in a wide range of industry, survey and academic sectors.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/C506964/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Follow on Fund Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Follow on Fund
This grant award has a total value of £86,378
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £5,196 | £49,973 | £8,222 | £22,987 |
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