服务是地质工作价值的体现,是地质调查机构存在的依据。基于Internet的现代信息服务方式使得信息服务的对象不断扩大,服务内容不断丰富,覆盖范围越来越广泛,使得人们获取信息与知识的方式和速度发生着根本的变化。该文在对美国、加拿大、英国、澳大利亚四国地质调查机构调查研究的基础上,系统分析总结了四个发达国家地学信息服务的现状和特点。 Service is the embodiment of the value of geological work and is the basis for the existence of geological investigation agencies. The modern information service method based on Internet makes the object of information service expand continuously, the service content is enriched and the coverage is more and more extensive, which makes people fundamentally change the way and speed of obtaining information and knowledge. Based on the investigation of the geological investigation agencies in the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia, this paper systematically analyzes and summarizes the status quo and characteristics of the geoscience information services in the four developed countries.