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Development and technical paper
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16 Aug 2021
Development and technical paper |
| 16 Aug 2021
| 16 Aug 2021
Automated geological map deconstruction for 3D model construction using map2loop 1.0 and map2model 1.0
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, Centre for
Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western
Australia, Perth, Australia
Vitaliy Ogarko
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, The University of
Western Australia, Perth, Australia
ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions
(ASTRO 3D), Perth, Australia
Yohan de Rose
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Mark Lindsay
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, Centre for
Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western
Australia, Perth, Australia
Ranee Joshi
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, Centre for
Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western
Australia, Perth, Australia
Agnieszka Piechocka
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, Centre for
Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western
Australia, Perth, Australia
CSIRO, Mineral Resources – Discovery, ARRC, Kensington,
Australia
Lachlan Grose
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Miguel de la Varga
Computational Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering, RWTH Aachen, Aachen,
Germany
Laurent Ailleres
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Guillaume Pirot
Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre, Centre for
Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Western
Australia, Perth, Australia
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Short summary
We have developed software that allows the user to extract sufficient information from unmodified digital maps and associated datasets that we are able to use to automatically build 3D geological models. By automating the process we are able to remove human bias from the procedure, which makes the workflow reproducible.
We have developed software that allows the user to extract sufficient information from...
