The Australian Geological Survey Organisations Network (AGSON) Portal provides a data discovery and analysis portal for geoscience data from all of Australia’s state, territory and federal governments. It gives a single point of access to geological and geophysical information.

It provides the following:

• A national view of current mineral tenements.
• A download facility for all Australia’s geological maps at 1:250 000 scale
• Airborne geophysical data and digital elevation data downloads from all State and Territory geological surveys and Geoscience Australia
• Links to all mining legislation and jurisdictional reporting guidelines
• The national reporting guidelines for mineral exploration ‘Australian requirements for submission of digital exploration data’ and the associated Mineral Reporting Template software
• The Australian mines atlas
• Links to all Commonwealth, State and Territory geological surveys

Access to the AGSON portal is via www.geoscience.gov.au.

For more information, contact Ann Fitton.