ŮŮÊÓƵ Our partners

ŮŮÊÓƵactively participates in many cooperative projects at all levels of government and industry. These projects aim to promote standards and provide a simpler interface with our partners and clients.

Portals and collaborative websites

• - an initiative of the Australian Chief Government Geologists' Committee, which provides access to geoscience information from Federal, State and Territory Government levels.
• - comprehensive information about Australia's coast, including its estuaries and coastal waterways.
• - the Australian Atlas of mineral resources, mines, and processing centres.

Cooperative research

As part of our commitment to e-Government, ŮŮÊÓƵis an active member of several Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) and other Australian Government funded collaborative research centres.

Concluded CRCs

• - concluded 30 June 2008
• - concluded 30 June 2008
• - concluded September 2018

Government

Australian geological surveys

Minerals and energy councils and peak bodies

Standards and policy initiatives

ŮŮÊÓƵis a leader in the development of standards and policies in many aspects of geology, geophysics and spatial information. We currently contribute to the following standards and policy initiatives:

• AusGeoRef is a cooperative venture with the American Geological Institute. AusGeoRef includes more than 170 000 bibliographic references on Australia, drawn from journal literature, meeting proceedings and abstracts, books, reports and maps.
• is the peak council for public sector spatial data management in Australia and New Zealand.
• is a change program on Australia's "common asset" of location information.
• provides leadership through coordination and cooperation in surveying, mapping and charting.

Industry and professional associations

ŮŮÊÓƵworks closely with a range of industry and professional associations involved in the geoscience and spatial information fields.