BGS Maps Database
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 2015
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Field geology
- Maps
- Aerial geophysical surveys
- Historical geology
- Hydrogeological maps
- Field maps
- Geological maps
- UK Location (INSPIRE)
- Geochemical maps
- History of geology
- dataCentre
- Keywords
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- NERC_DDC
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
- Other constraints
- restricted
- Other constraints
- 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.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- 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.
- Other constraints
- Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.
- Other constraints
- Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
- Spatial representation type
- vector Vector
- Denominator
- 10000
- Denominator
- 10560
- Denominator
- 25000
- Denominator
- 50000
- Denominator
- 63360
- Denominator
- 250000
- Denominator
- 500000
- Denominator
- 625000
- Denominator
- 1000000
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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GB
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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UK [id=139300]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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UKM
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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WORLD [id=100000]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
- Begin date
- 1830
- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84 / UTM zone 29N (EPSG::32629)
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
- Distribution format
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PDF file (.pdf)
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PDF file (.pdf)
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- OnLine resource
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BGS Maps Portal
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HTTP
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The BGS Maps Portal provides access to over 45 000 high-resolution viewing images of almost all the small, medium and large scale maps produced by the BGS since mapping started in 1832 right up to the most recent maps released in 2020. It incorporates all the earlier maps and history pages that were previously made available through the BGS ‘Historical maps of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland’ web resource.
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Other
- dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Pass
- No
- Statement
- The database is an aggregation of a variety of previous databases and map indexes which have been created through the history of the Geological Survey. Paper copies of many maps and field slips are held in the National Geoscience Data Centre at BGS offices in Keyworth and Edinburgh. Almost all paper copies available were scanned from 2004 to 2016 using usual BGS imaging practices (usually to 300 dpi), and the scans have been linked to the metadata contained within the database. Because of the large number of scans, it has not been possible to check every scan individually, but subsample / spot checks have performed, and image processing (cropping and rotation) errors are corrected on an ad-hoc basis. In some cases, especially for BGS published maps, maps may have more than one scan, which is usually a different paper copy of the same map. The database contains different types of maps, created for different purposes, and at different times spanning the 180+ year history of systematic geological survey in the United Kingdom. The geological data shown on the maps themselves were collected and compiled in different ways, and have undergone a variety of different checking and approval processes, depending on the series of map. Refer to the metadata entry for each specific map series for more information.
- File identifier
- 3a2203d6-ce4f-e0f9-e063-3050940a34d6 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608438
Overviews
Spatial extent
Provided by
NERC Data Catalogue Service