This session intends to build upon the remarkable 20-year journey of OneGeology since its inception, celebrating its transformational impact on global geoscience data accessibility and its pioneering role in establishing international standards for digital geological mapping. The session will examine OneGeology's evolution from its Brighton Accord inception to its current status as the world's largest geological mapping initiative, while exploring emerging paradigms in AI-driven geoscience, digital twins, and machine learning applications that will define the future of geological research.
OneGeology launched publicly in March 2007 with an ambitious vision to make geological map data globally and seamlessly accessible through web services, targeting 1:1 million scale coverage. The initiative emerged during the International Year of Planet Earth and rapidly exceeded expectations, with 118 countries participating and over 137 organizations representing more than 15,000 earth scientists worldwide. The initiative spawned other successful groups such as the LOOP3D Consortium, more focussed on 3D Modelling and has been the seed behind numerous other initiatives including European and Asian Integration of a wide range of Geoscience Open Data.