Documents

In the NGDC we currently hold digital copies of:

• 83% of the Bulletins of Kenyan Geological Survey
• 95% of the Geological Map Description Reports
• 83% of the Geological Memoirs
• An increasing range of papers and reports from the Kenyan Directorate of Geological Surveys

Spatial Data

Vector, attributed data is available including:

• The 1:1 million scale geology and structural features of Kenya
• Mineral occurrences
• Geochemistry for the Samburu-Marsabit area
• A small selection of field data

Maps

In the NGDC we currently hold digital copies of:

• 225 Geological maps at various scales from the 1: 1 Million national geological map to the Makalder Mine 1: 15000 special map sheet
• A selection of national geological maps including Bouguer gravity contours, mineral occurrences, hydrogeological map of Kenya
• Local geological study maps including glacial deposits on Mount Kenya, Mineral Exploration maps and mining sites and many more
• A national 250m digital elevation model
• 1971 Airborne Geophysical Survey for the Kerio and North East Kenya regions
• 100% of the 1: 250000 topographic map series
• 85% of the 1: 50 000 topographic maps series
• Plus many more

Databases

In the NGDC we are building searchable databases designed to contain:

• Mineral Occurrence locations
• Geochemical sample analysis results
• Catalogue of digital documents & reports

Lexicon

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Software

In the NGDC we use a mix of open source and proprietary software:

• Database development is based on PostGRES
• Geographic Information Systems use ESRI ArcGIS 10.3 and QGIS
• GeoNetwork for metadata catalogue