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Keyhole Markup Language to create a spatial interface to South African 
            
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water resource data through Google Earth. Department of Water Affairs 
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water resource data through Google Earth. Department of Water Affairs 
            
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and Forestry, Pretoria, South Africa. 
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and Forestry, Pretoria, South Africa. 
            
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  "notes": "This dataset comprised a national spatial inventory of 
            
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South African water resource monitoring sites made available through 
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South African water resource monitoring sites made available through 
            
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Google Earth using Keyhole Markup Language (KML). The inventory was 
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Google Earth using Keyhole Markup Language (KML). The inventory was 
            
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developed by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry to improve 
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developed by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry to improve 
            
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access to, and understanding of, the extent and structure of 
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access to, and understanding of, the extent and structure of 
            
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long\u2011standing national surface water and groundwater monitoring 
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long\u2011standing national surface water and groundwater monitoring 
            
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programmes.\r\n\r\nThe dataset provided geographic locations for 
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programmes.\r\n\r\nThe dataset provided geographic locations for 
            
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several thousand monitoring sites distributed across South Africa, 
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several thousand monitoring sites distributed across South Africa, 
            
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including surface water quality stations, groundwater monitoring 
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including surface water quality stations, groundwater monitoring 
            
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boreholes, flow gauging stations, dam level monitoring sites, and 
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boreholes, flow gauging stations, dam level monitoring sites, and 
            
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related water resource observation points. Monitoring sites were 
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related water resource observation points. Monitoring sites were 
            
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organised hierarchically within the KML structure according to 
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organised hierarchically within the KML structure according to 
            
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hydrological or management regions, including primary drainage regions 
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hydrological or management regions, including primary drainage regions 
            
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and Water Management Areas, as well as by site type.\r\n\r\nEach 
            
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monitoring site was associated with embedded metadata accessible via 
            
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Google Earth popup balloons. This metadata included site identifiers, 
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Google Earth popup balloons. This metadata included site identifiers, 
            
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descriptive locality information, monitoring type, number of samples 
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descriptive locality information, monitoring type, number of samples 
            
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collected, and the operational period of the site. Where available, 
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collected, and the operational period of the site. Where available, 
            
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hyperlinks provided access to pre\u2011generated time\u2011series 
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hyperlinks provided access to pre\u2011generated time\u2011series 
            
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graphs, downloadable flat data files, flow records, and Maucha ionic 
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graphs, downloadable flat data files, flow records, and Maucha ionic 
            
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diagrams illustrating major ion composition and salinity. TimeSpan 
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diagrams illustrating major ion composition and salinity. TimeSpan 
            
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tags enabled visualisation of monitoring activity for selected periods 
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tags enabled visualisation of monitoring activity for selected periods 
            
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using the Google Earth time slider.\r\nThe spatial inventory was 
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using the Google Earth time slider.\r\nThe spatial inventory was 
            
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published as a publicly accessible static web resource and was updated 
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published as a publicly accessible static web resource and was updated 
            
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periodically using exports from the national Water Management System 
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periodically using exports from the national Water Management System 
            
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(WMS). The dataset supported rapid visualisation from national to 
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(WMS). The dataset supported rapid visualisation from national to 
            
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local scale, assisted users in identifying available monitoring data, 
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local scale, assisted users in identifying available monitoring data, 
            
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and preserved institutional knowledge of the monitoring network as 
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}
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}