Czech Geological Survey was awarded by a third position in the international competition Map Gallery in the fram of the 26th Annual ESRI User Conference in San Diegu for the "Map of the Nicaraguan Volcanic Chain".
Current events
The Division of Informatics of the CGS presents the Photoarchive database in trial operation. This application makes accessible the photodocumentation in the CGS.
Dr. Kristine Asch (BGR; CGMW, CGI) presented during her stay in the CGS the new International Geological Map of Europe as well as the course, other results and aspects of this important project she coordinated.
The first number of the Bulletin of Geosciences has been published in a new format and with a new orientation to palaeoenvironmental geology, including palaeontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology,palaeogeography, palaeoecology, palaeoclimatology,...
On April 1, 2006, the CGS specialists made the reconnaissance of the landslide above the east portal of the road tunnel near Hřebeč. There were also the ministers of the Government of the Czech Republic, Ing. M. Šimonovský and Mgr. R.
The Committee for pupularization of science of the Academy of Sciences of CR organized on 23 January 2006 press conference on the topic of the World crude oil reserves and perspectives of its excavation: energetic concept of the CR. Dr. V.
Czech Geological Survey has actively participated in the first year of solution of the international project BIOSHALE (Search for sustainable way of exploiting black shale ores using biotechnologies), co-funded by the EC FP6 and coordinated by the...
During November 15-16 Prague was visited by the President of the American Associaton of the Petroleum Geologists Peter Rose (USA) and John Brooks (UK), AAPG President of the European Region.
The first Annual General Meeting of European network Europamines, engaged in the awareness and sustainable utilization of the European mining heritage, was held at the North of England Killhope, UK, on 29/30 October 2005.
Czech Geological Survey belongs to the pioneers in the research of CO2 Capture & Storage (CCS) in Central Europe.
Ian Jackson, BGS Director of Information, presented on October 17 at the Czech Geological Survey in Prague the lecture "A vision for geoscience information - The view from a small island" devoted to collecting, management and delivery of geoscience...
The outside geological exposition "Geological Development of the southern Šumava Mts" has been inaugurated on 23 June 2005 at Stožec. The geologists of the CGS and the workers of the National Park Šumava participated in its preparation.
Technical University Liberec, Aquatest plc and Czech Geological Survey initiated the establishing of the Research Centre of "Advanced Remedial Technologies and Processes" the project of which was screend as the forth best in the National Programme of...
The members of the Division of Informatics presented the Geological Information System of the Czech Geological Survey during the conference „Internet in Public Administration“ ISSS 2005 in Hradec Králové, attended by 2000 participants from 26...
The Czech Geological Survey coordinates the Czech Antarctic geological project continuing with its second field season on the James Ross Island in January & February 2005.
After finishing the project of geological and thematic maps at a scale 1:50,000, which has covered the entire Czech Republic, the Czech Geological Survey has restarted publishing of 1:25,000 geological maps.
We are pleased to inform that the Czech Gegeological Survey participated in the preparation of the scenarion of a Czech TV cycle Back to the Springs, which is, similarly as the previous cycles on vantage points and memorable trees, mastr Luděk...
The the arrival of last three members of the CGS geological expedition on October 5 to Prague, working in the framework of the Foreign Development Assistance project in Mongolia, has finished the field season 2004.
Czech Geological Survey together with AAPG and GSA was the chief organizer of the AAPG European Region (with the Geological Society of America) Conference in Prague which was inaugurated on October 10 at the Zofin Palace.