The article describes the main stages of the application of information technologies for scientific research in geology. A number of digital technologies of the near future, which currently have prospects for application in geology, are considered. The first results of the work at the GGM RAS showed the prospects of applying the next steps in the development of OT technologies in the creation of information and computing systems to support geological research.

This work is related to the development of a high-tech popular science Internet portal "History of the Earth". The developed resource sets as its main goal the popularization of modern scientific geological knowledge using popular science multimedia content and software tools for interactive work with it. The Internet resource is intended for schoolchildren and students, as well as a wide range of Internet users.

The article describes the role of museum data in scientific geological research, as well as the integration of this data into the digital space of geological knowledge for more efficient use and analysis of distributed geological and museum resources and the possibility of building digital models.

The article describes all stages of the development of an Information system for the creation, development and support of scientific research in geology: from the Information and analytical environment to the Unified Digital Space of geological scientific knowledge. The current stage of the Project under development is a step forward from the traditional geographically distributed geological system to the digital environment of the future.