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software, which not only create and manage, but also properly visualize the
database background and the thematic maps of a region. However, this kind of
complex GIS functionality is quite expensive and usually only a limited number of
licences are affordable for a geological survey. The visualization of data on the web
2.0 using free licensed software solves the problem of the licence limitation and
makes it possible to publish geological information freely and properly.
Publications of point-of-interests, satellite images and maps draped on a 3D
surface serve as useful tools to disseminate scientific knowledge amongst those,
who are interested, but not specialized in geology. The authors' experience shows
that the map applications of the web 2.0 are useful tools for geoscientists as well.

Acknowledgments The authors thankfully appreciate the efforts of the documenters who took
care of using the prototypes of the database, and occasionally made suggestions and gave advice.
An ergonomic documentation system and a well-structured database serve the benefit of not only
the geologists of the Geological Institute of Hungary. On the long run, the base application can be
widely used amongst the Hungarian and maybe the foreign earth scientists too.

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