REDLANDS, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The British Geological Survey (BGS) ushers in a new era of geologic mapping services with the launch of its OpenGeoscience Web site, built on ESRI's ArcGIS technology.

By LINDA McKEE NORTHERN Ireland is leading the nations in a ground-breaking project aimed at uncovering the bones of the earth.

Geologists from 80 nations joined forces to map out between 60% and 70% of the Earth's surface; now available down to the scale of 1:1,000,000.

Britain's most northerly castle is coming up for auction, but many buyers will be interested not in the building or its history, but in what lies beneath. Gold.