GNS online maps and databases

GNS now has many databases and database driven maps available online.
Go directly to the GNS Web maps page here.

For a comprehensive list of all databases see the links below.
GNS Science Limited holds more than 19 major databases, files, and collections of scientific and commercial importance. They are national in scope and are continuously updated.

Information in these databases is useful for scientific research and for planning and management related to land use, the environment, earthquakes, volcanoes, geology, minerals, groundwater, the petroleum exploration industry, and the geothermal energy industry.

For information about individual databases and collections contact the database manager listed below the description of the database. For issues concerning access to the Institute's databases and data, please contact the Information Services Manager.

The databases are:

• Fossil spores and pollen catalogue
• GravityDatabase Map
• PDQMap Petroleum Data Query Map
• Active Faults Database of New Zealand
• GNS photolibrary database
• GNS Data Repository
• New Zealand Geoscience Bibliography
• Digital geology database (QMap)
• Regional geological map and data file
• Groundwater database
• NZ stratigraphic lexicon
• NZ Fossil Record Electronic Database (FRED)
• NZ stratigraphic column file
• NZ paleontological collections and database
• PETLAB: National Rock and Geoanalytical Database
• Geophysical properties of NZ database
• NZ geomagnetic database
• Mineral resources of NZ
• National coal geology database
• Petroleum report library
• Geothermal system of NZ database
• National earthquake information database
• Strong motion database
• NZ volcano database
• International atomic energy agency collection
• Petroleum systems database