DIGITAL MAPPING TECHNIQUES 2021

DMT 2021

DIGITAL MAPPING TECHNIQUES 2021
      The following was presented at DMT‘21
        (June 7 - 10, 2021 - A Virtual Event)

      The contents of this document are provisional

           See Presentations and Proceedings
          from the DMT Meetings (1997-2021)
           http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/info/dmt/

The following slide s we re pre se nte d by Kyle Ga winski
a t DMT ‘21. The y e xpla in the curre nt me thod the South
Ca rolina Ge ologica l Surve y is using to colle ct, displa y,
a nd store subsurfa ce da ta . Sta nda rdization a nd
consiste ncy a re two of the ma jor the me s of this
pre se nta tion. A me thod for inputting subsurfa ce da ta
into Ge MS da ta ba ses is a lso de scribe d.

Updates on Using
  Survey123 t o Log
Borehole Cut t ings and
Produce Geologic Maps
           Sout h Ca rolina De p a rt me nt of
      Na t ura l Re source s Ge ologica l Surve y
                    Kyle Ga winski
                     Me ga n Ja me s
                    Robby Morrow

Subsurface Data
 Collection           Display            GeMS               3D
Using Surve y 123   Exporting from   Exporting from    Using ArcHydro
                     Survey 123 to   Survey 123 to a
                        Strater        Shapefile

Borehole
Logging
 Using Surve y 123

Purpose
                                         • Pa pe r  Digita l Logs
                                         • Sta nd a rd ize d Da ta Colle ction
                                         • Surve y 123  ta ilore d to fit
                                           ne e d s, e xporta ble , Ge MS
                                           complia nt

Ma nua l Entry or Dropdown Se le ction                                   Tra dit ion De scrip t ion

                                                                Surve y 123 Ge ne ra t e d De scrip t ion
                                         clayey-sand (55-15-30), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), yellowish
                                         brown (10YR 5/8), light bluish gray (10B 8/1), stiff, dense, medium - coarse, moderately sorted,
                                         sub angular - sub rounded, sub prismoidal - sub discoidal, clay matrix quartz with scattered, very
                                         fine - fine, sub rounded, spherical opaques with rare, medium-coarse, sub angular, smoky
                                         quartz, rutile, and very coarse - granule iron-stained quartz and quartz

Picture References

Interactive Images Aut omat ic Descript ions
                                              Not es
                                      Field Unit / Confidence
                                       Sample/ Phot o Dat a

  Inte ra ctive Te rna ry Dia gra m

Borehole
 Logs
 Using Stra te r

PythonScript
Quinn Nisbe t & Ta nne r Arrington
   Collars / Coordinates

   Lithology

Strater Templat e

Cross Section

Boreholes
 in GeMS

Methods

•   Export sha pe file from Surve y 123
•   Script  fill in “Sta tions” fe a ture
    cla ss a nd “Sta tionsBore hole Logs”
    ta ble

Sta tions (Ge MS Fe a ture Cla ss)
Fie ld ID
                                      GeMSFeature
                                      Classes and Tables
LocationConfid e nce Me te rs
Obse rve d MapUnit
MapUnit
Symbol
Labe l
PlotAtSca le
DataSource ID
Note s
Stations_ID                                    Sta tionsBore hole Logs*
Time Date                                      Fie ld ID
Obse rve r                                     TopContactDe pth_ft
SignificantDime nsions Me te rs                TopContactDe pth_m
LocationMe thod                                BottomContactDe pth_ft
GPSX                                           BottomContactDe pth_m
GPSY                                           TopContactEle vat ion_ft
PDOP                                           TopContactEle vat ion_m
MapX*                                          BottomContactEle vat ion_ft
MapY*                                          BottomContactEle vat ion_m
Ele vationMe te rs*                            Bore hole UnitThickne ss_ft
LocationDe script ion*                         Bore hole UnitThickne ss_m
Logge d By*                                    Bore hole Unit
County*                                        De scription
Drille d By*                                   Id e ntityConfid e nce
He lpe rs*                                     DataSource ID
Sample ID*                                     StationsBore hole Logs_ID
Photo*
Me thod *                            *Adde d

DISCLAIM
                        “While it is important to re cognize
                             the importance of ge ologic
                        fe ature s for groundwate r analysis,
                           we did not atte mpt to cre ate a

  3- D
                            compre he nsive ge ologic map
                        database in the groundwate r data
                          mode l de sign” (Stra ssbe rg e t a l.,
                                         2011).

 Geology
Using Archyd ro by Aq ua ve o

Cross Sections

Borehole Viewer

                          Fence Diagrams

Raster Creation
  Borehole
Visualization

                Solids

Thanks!
            MorrowR@ d nr.sc.gov
     https:/ / www.d nr.sc.gov/ ge ology/

    CREDITS: This pre se nta tion te mpla te wa s
cre a te d by Slide sgo, including icons by Fla t icon,
       a nd infogra phics & ima ge s by Fre e pik