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interest to the general public from those
for professionals, c) makes the production,
presentation and publishing of a map database
possible and d) can be continuously
updated. The table header and therefore its
content are still under development. This
table contains the data of more than 400
geological key sections registered by the
Hungarian Commission on Stratigraphy,
and with the help of this table we have also
started to develop the map database.
In order to develop the map database,
the best geological background must have
been chosen. For this purpose the Geological
Map of Hungary on a scale of 1: 200
000 (Gyalog and Budai, 2007) was the most
suitable.
All key sections included in the table
are plotted as points on a layer, which is
added to the map that is available on the
Internet (Chikán et al., 2010). Clicking on a
point on the map shows the code (number),
the names, coordinates (in EOV - Unified
National Projection - system) and character
(quarry, road cut, etc.) of the key
section and the stratigraphic position of
the exposed formation
(Figs 4-6)
will appear. Link
to http://loczy.mfgi.
hu/fdt_alapszelvenyek
and the map can
be reached on the
Internet.
Besides the
improvement and
completion of
this database, it is
intended to publish
it as a Web 2.0
initiative and make
the results available
on the Internet; our
colleagues in the of geological key sections.
Geological Institute
have already made successful attempts to do
this (Albert et al., 2012). An important issue
for the further development of these topics is
that the ministry for the environment should
hand over professional supervision of geological
heritage to the specialized institute
of the country, and the legal and financial
basis for their maintenance, not only their
Figure 4-6: Currently available internet version of the cartographic display
protection, should be granted. In order
to facilitate this, we would like to create
a system of criteria, which will provide a
higher level of protection. Modification
of the geological institutional system will
also exert an important influence on the
management of geological heritage.
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