The GSEU project aims to establish, through collaboration between the Geological Surveys of Europe, a sustainable Geological Survey for Europe at the service of European society during the ecological transition and beyond. The aim is to highlight the importance of subsurface information as basic information for solving problems related to the natural environment and its management, drawing together the baseline data and knowledge needed to manage Europe's natural resources and reach Net-Zero.

In the project, there are different work packages (WP), with the objective of WP6 being the establishment of the Geological Framework, developing cross-cutting methodologies to create an evidence- and science-based framework for information on Europe's subsurface on- and offshore.

The main impacts:

1. To strengthen international cooperation on scientific standards for baseline geology required by third-party applications
2. To improve the Digital European Geological Information System by providing reference 3D geological frameworks
3. To strengthen the foundation for decision support by providing evidence- and science-based geological information and expertise on Europe's subsurface on- and offshore

The main objectives in terms of the geological framework set-up are:

1. To set up comprehensive metadata of European geological maps, map data sets and 3D models
2. To develop the framework and vocabularies for harmonised pan-European maps and 3D models
3. To share best practices for 3D geomodelling and visualisation
4. To demonstrate the cross-thematic use of a geological framework for decision support

To achieve this goal, team members will collect metadata on geological maps and datasets, create a data model for multi-scale 2D and 3D subsurface data, and develop new and improved scientific vocabularies, workflows and toolboxes for 3D geomodelling and visualisation.