1. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Swiss Geological Survey The Mont Terri Borehole Information System Development towards a 3D planning tool Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2010 Roland Baumberger 1, Paul Bossart 1 1 Swiss Geological Survey, swisstopo, CH-3084 Wabern

2. 2 Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Swiss Geological Survey  Background  The previous versions  Phase 2010: The current version  Phase 2011: Online Access  Phase 2012: 3D Planning Tool  Outlook Agenda SGM 2010 – Fribourg (19./20.11.2010)

3. 3 Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Swiss Geological Survey Mont Terry Rock Laboratory  Mechanical, hydrogeological and geochemical test site for property investigation of the Opalinus Clay  Start in 1996, operated by swisstopo  Experiments carried out by partners (EU, US, JP, CA) The role of the drill holes  Most of the experiments are carried out in drill holes  Every drill hole has been exactly surveyed  The complete set of drill holes (~900) is accessible through the Borehole Information System Background SGM 2010 – Fribourg (19./20.11.2010)

4. 4 Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Swiss Geological Survey Data acquisition & processing is purely manual  Data mapping, QC, update and 3D generation Quality control is purely manual  Manual check for errors by visual control Consequence  Entire workflow is time-consuming, defective and cost-intensive  Updates on an annual basis Borehole Information System Previous versions - status up to mid-2010 SGM 2010 – Fribourg (19./20.11.2010)

5. 5 Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Swiss Geological Survey Borehole Information System Short demo Internal view: internal.avi | internal.flvinternal.aviinternal.flv External view: external.avi | external.flvexternal.aviexternal.flv SGM 2010 – Fribourg (19./20.11.2010)

6. 6 Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Swiss Geological Survey Data specification Phase 2010 - Acquisition & processing Data acquisition  Drillcore mapping  Survey using cadastrial methods (  coordinates)  Drillcore metadata (  phase, location, fluid etc.)  Drillcore analysis data Data processing  Survey & metadata: Text editor  Drillcore maps and fotos: HTML page  Analysis data: HTML page  HTML pages: Linked in text editor to drill core SGM 2010 – Fribourg (19./20.11.2010)

7. 7 Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Swiss Geological Survey Data storage  Several text files  CSV Quality control  Defined rules to check data input - Grammar, coordinates, physical locations etc.  On-the-fly semi-automated cross- check using drop-down menus  Entire integrity check using F9-key Data specification Phase 2010 - Storage & quality control SGM 2010 – Fribourg (19./20.11.2010)

8. 8 Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Swiss Geological Survey Driver  Search engine to be a more dynamic, user-driven GUI  Queries using well know operators (e.g. AND, OR etc.)  Annual update cycle should be shortened and eased Consequences  Migrate Borehole Information System to a database  Distribute data in a portable environment (e.g. memory stick)  Search engine gets more functionality Organisation  Principle dataset: Extranet platform of the Mont Terri project  Updates by automatic importation of database dumps Borehole Information System Phase 2011 – Online access SGM 2010 – Fribourg (19./20.11.2010)

9. 9 Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Swiss Geological Survey Borehole Information System Phase 2012 – 3D planning tool Driver  Available rock volume for new experiments is finite  New drill holes must not interfere, need spatial independency  planning is paper work no entire overview possible  Planning purposes: On-site localisation of collapsed boreholes  Assurance at the real beginning of the experiment only Consequences  Partners plan their future drillholes in a full 3D environment  Planning of new projects gets more reliable Organisation  Partners get a user account  Data not visible for other partners SGM 2010 – Fribourg (19./20.11.2010)

10. 10 Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Swiss Geological Survey Borehole Information System Summary & outlook Usability & functionality  Front-end: Functionality increases with the user interface not changing that much  Back-end: Semi-automated data acquisition workflow for higher data accuracy and more up-to-date data Benefit for partners (starting 2011)  More detailed search queries  Planning of new experiments gets faster & very easy  General update intervals get shorter  online access  Data update gets very fast and easy SGM 2010 – Fribourg (19./20.11.2010)

11. 11 Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Swiss Geological Survey SGM 2010 – Fribourg (19./20.11.2010) Thank you for your attention Credits Questions & answers contact: roland.baumberger@swisstopo.ch