3a329bf2-68dc-b33b-e063-3050940adafc English service service British Geological Survey +44 131 667 1000 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-06 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608439 WGS 84 (EPSG::4326) BGS geological maps Web service 2025 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608439 This Web service provides layers which are spatial indexes to the coverage of BGS (British Geological Survey) geological, geophysical, and hydrogeological maps from various different map series held by BGS in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC). The layers include the spatial footprint of each map, and metadata including the map title, map series, nominal survey year, copyright year, scale, base material, colouration, the availability of an image, and, if available, a link to an image of the map. It includes maps from the start of systematic geological survey work in the 1830s, through to more recent BGS mapping. The maps referenced by this Web service are historical, and are not the same as the latest digital geological mapping from BGS. Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk owner Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact asNeeded https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/3a329bf2-68dc-b33b-e063-3050940adafc.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Index maps Historical geology Geophysical maps Geological maps Maps BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision EGDI UK Location (INSPIRE) dataCentre 200-Geographic model/information management service COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata, Part D 4, Classification of Spatial Data Services 2008-12-03 publication NERC_DDC otherRestrictions no limitations The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible. otherRestrictions The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused. Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" view ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision CHA British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation CHANNEL ISLES [id=192500] ISO 3166_2 2009 revision EAW British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation EIRE [id=182000] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation ENGLAND & WALES [id=149000] ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision GB ISO 3166_2 2009 revision GBN British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600] ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision IOM British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation ISLE OF MAN [id=178000] ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision NIR British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation NORTHERN IRELAND [id=181000] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation SCOTLAND [id=140000] ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision SCT British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation UK [id=139300] ISO 3166_2 2009 revision UKM -25.1400 3.4100 47.4100 63.9100 1830 Image (JPEG) Image (PNG) Image (SVG) Image (TIFF) Image (BMP) Image (GIF) Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor https://arcgis.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/SDDS/BGS_Geological_Maps/MapServer/WMSServer?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities& OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities BGS geological maps Web service GetCapabilities response for OGC WMS service for layer(s) relating to BGS geological maps information service service INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE View Services Version 3.0 2011-03-21 publication See the referenced specification at http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Network_Services/TechnicalGuidance_ViewServices_v3.0.pdf false For the lineage of datasets served by this service, refer to the metadata for those data.