Hi, Heather.

I took this opportunity to clean up the Geolode entries for Botswana.
Some were no longer available online, one had moved, and I added a new
one I found.

I think your best bet for geological/mineral-related data will be
Botswana Geoscience Portal, which is now located here:
https://geos.bgi.org.bw/GDP/Search

You can see all the available datasets by just clicking the "search"
button without entering any search parameters.

Cheers,
Keith

Keith Jenkins
GIS/Geospatial Applications Librarian
Mann Library, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853


On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 6:22 PM Susan Powell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi Heather,
> Your question reminded me of the aggregator of dataset providers Keith Jenkins at Cornell built, called GeoLode.
> There are a couple of datasets with tags for Africa and geology in there that might be useful. There are a few different ones listed for Botswana.
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> I've also found the RCMRD Geoportal for southern and eastern Africa to be a helpful source: http://geoportal.rcmrd.org/
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> Good luck!
> Susan
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> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 11:08 AM Sloan, Heather <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Hi there:
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>> I have a group of researchers who are looking for datasets containing information about the surface minerals, hydrology & water composition, rainfall, plant distributions, etc., for Botswana and surrounding countries. Does anyone have any good tips for sources to which I might direct them? The goal is to create map layers using this information in either an ESRI ArcGIS product or in QGIS. I think part of what they are looking for is specific to minerals contained in elephants’ tusks, on the very off chance that someone knows of data specific to that topic! Ultimately, I think anything that is either Botswana-specific and/or contains those geological features, but is for a different area in Africa, would be helpful during this first step of figuring out what’s available. Thanks in advance for any ideas!
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>> Heather
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>> Heather Sloan, DMA, MLS
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>> Maps Assistant
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>> Scholarly Communications Department
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>> Government Information, Maps & Microform Services Department
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>> Indiana University Bloomington
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