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Geodiversity assessment measures these features, emphasising the characteristics and physical fragility of the examined areas. In this study, a quantitative methodology has been applied in Bakony\u2013Balaton UGGp, Hungary. The Geopark\u2019s area was divided into 2 \u00d7 2 km cells in which geodiversity indices were calculated using various data: maps, spatial databases, and elevation models. However, data sources differ significantly in each country: thematic information may not be entirely public or does not have the appropriate scale and complexity. We proposed to use universal data\u2014geomorphons and a watercourse network\u2014derived from Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) to calculate geomorphological diversity. Making a balance between the base materials was also an aim of this research. As sources with different data densities are used, some abiotic elements may be overrepresented, while others seem to have less significance. The normalisation of thematic layers solves this problem: it gives a proportion to each sub-element and creates a balanced index. By applying worldwide accessible digital base data and statistical standardization methods, abiotic nature quantification may open new perspectives in geoconservation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijgi10080566","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,22]],"date-time":"2021-08-22T21:47:52Z","timestamp":1629668872000},"page":"566","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Refinement Proposals for Geodiversity Assessment\u2014A Case Study in the Bakony\u2013Balaton UNESCO Global Geopark, Hungary"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6321-7803","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M\u00e1rton","family":"P\u00e1l","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Doctoral School of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, ELTE E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University, P\u00e1zm\u00e1ny P. s\u00e9t\u00e1ny 1\/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary"},{"name":"Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Informatics, ELTE E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University, P\u00e1zm\u00e1ny P. s\u00e9t\u00e1ny 1\/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1723-8328","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"G\u00e1sp\u00e1r","family":"Albert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Informatics, ELTE E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University, P\u00e1zm\u00e1ny P. s\u00e9t\u00e1ny 1\/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Wilson, E.O. 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