Data resources

Presently (January 2009) the Central Geological Database contains:

• catalogue data of 802 056 archival geological reports stored in the Central Geological Archives in Warsaw and in other Polish archives (in the Documents subsystem);
• catalogue data of 56 049 published maps stored in the Map Archives of the Central Geological Archives (in the Documents subsystem);
• catalogue data of 219 737 published copies of maps stored in the Map Archives of the Central Geological Archives (in the Documents subsystem);
• catalogue data of 566 digital maps (in the Documents subsystem);
• catalogue data of 1 715 satellite and radar aerial photographs as well as 72 913 conventional aerial photographs (in the Documents subsystem);
• data on 127 625 boreholes and their groups (in the Boreholes subsystem), including basic data on boreholes as well as their stratigraphic profiles (usually simplified); there are also detailed lithological profiles of a small number of boreholes;
• data on drill cores stored in the Central Geological Archives, PGNiG (Polish Oil and Gas Company) and other institutions: information about 5 427 boreholes (in the Boreholes subsystem);
• location data of 2 915 541 points of geophysical measurements (in the Survey Sites subsystem);
• the catalogue of deposits of Poland (9 803 deposits) for the MIDAS system;
• carotage data obtained from 817 boreholes (in the Well-log Data subsystem);
• measurements of the average velocities in 2 508 boreholes (in the Well-log Data subsystem);
• 304 095 results of gravimetric measurements (in the Analyses subsystem);
• 981 802 results of magnetic measurements (in the Analyses subsystem);
• 514 938 results of measurements of the vertical component of the Earth’s magnetic field (in the Analyses subsystem);
• 278 683 results of aeromagnetic measurements (in the Analyses subsystem);
• 4 171 magnetometric measurements of rocks in boreholes (in the Analyses subsystem);
• 12 401 density measurements of rock samples in boreholes (in the Analyses subsystem);
• information on 10 829 2D seismic profiles;
• information on 81 3D seismic profiles;
• information on 682 landslides obtained from the SOPO project;
• information on 13 areas in danger obtained from the SOPO project;
• data on 34 763 collections and specimens in the PGI Museums in Warsaw and Sosnowiec (in the Geological Collections subsystem);
• constantly developed spatial data, stored as GIS information layers in the spatial subsystem of the CBDG
• numerous vocabularies that provide standardised data and enable effective search