This project was conceived in the late 1990’s to stop the loss of critical geologic data that is used in the compilation of geologic maps, modernize the way that DGGS delivers geologic data to the public, and provide tools to enable multiple groups of users to interact with databases at multiple agencies such as the National Geologic Map Database, Interagency Minerals Coordinating Group, and the Alaska State Geographic Data Clearinghouse.

To accomplish this objective, GeoNorth planned, designed, and implemented a geospatially referenced relational database management system to store, query, analyze, and publish geologic data in the forms of reports, electronic files, maps and tabular data. The system was designed using Visio and ERwin. The database was implemented on Oracle 8i RDMS system with ESRI ArcSDE Geodatabase. Planning included developing business process documentation. GeoNorth also wrote data loader codes to transport data from various smaller databases into this system.