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Reference System

MD_ReferenceSystem:
referenceSystemIdentifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326
code:
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)

Identification

Service Identification:
citation:
Citation:
Title:
BGS geological maps Web service
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2025
Date Type:
creation
Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608439
Abstract:
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.
Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3142
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
city:
EDINBURGH
administrative Area:
LOTHIAN
Postal Code:
EH14 4AP
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
distributor
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3142
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
city:
EDINBURGH
administrative Area:
LOTHIAN
Postal Code:
EH14 4AP
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
owner
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3143
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
distributor
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3143
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
pointOfContact
Resource Maintenance:
MD_MaintenanceInformation:
maint. / update frequency:
asNeeded
Graphic overview:
Browse Graphic:
File Name:
https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/3a329bf2-68dc-b33b-e063-3050940adafc.png
Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords:
keyword:
https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/theme/ge
keyword:
Geology
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2008-06-01
Date Type:
publication
Keywords:
keyword:
Index maps
keyword:
UK Location (INSPIRE)
keyword:
Historical geology
keyword:
EGDI
keyword:
Geophysical maps
keyword:
Geological maps
keyword:
Maps
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2022
Date Type:
revision
Keywords:
keyword:
EGDI
keyword:
https://data.geoscience.earth/ncl/project/_48
keyword:
UK Location (INSPIRE)
keyword:
http://www.data.gov.uk
Type:
dataCentre
Keywords:
keyword:
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/SpatialDataServiceCategory/infoManagementService
keyword:
200-Geographic model/information management service
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
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
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2008-12-03
Date Type:
publication
Keywords:
keyword:
NERC_DDC
Resource Constraints:
MD_LegalConstraints:
Access Constraints:
otherRestrictions
Other Constraints:
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/noLimitations
Other Constraints:
no limitations
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.
MD_LegalConstraints:
Use Constraints:
otherRestrictions
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:
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Service Type:
view
extent:
Extent:
Geographic Element:
Geographic Bounding Box:
westBoundLongitude:
-25.1400
eastBoundLongitude:
3.4100
southBoundLatitude:
47.4100
northBoundLatitude:
63.9100
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2009
code:
CHA
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
1979
code:
CHANNEL ISLES [id=192500]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_2
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2009
code:
EAW
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
1979
code:
EIRE [id=182000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
1979
code:
ENGLAND & WALES [id=149000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2009
code:
GB
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_2
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2009
code:
GBN
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
1979
code:
GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2009
code:
IOM
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
1979
code:
ISLE OF MAN [id=178000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2009
code:
NIR
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
1979
code:
NORTHERN IRELAND [id=181000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
1979
code:
SCOTLAND [id=140000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2009
code:
SCT
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
1979
code:
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
1979
code:
UK [id=139300]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_2
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2009
code:
UKM
Temporal Element:
TemporalExtent:
extent:
begin / end:
begin:
>1830
end:
unknown
CouplingType:
tight
Contains Operations:
?
Operates On:
href:
https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW0=GetRecordById0=full0=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd0=1702d912-a0e6-556e-e063-0937940a3bde0=2.0.2&
uuidref:
1702d912-a0e6-556e-e063-0937940a3bde
title:
BGS 1:10 560 / 1:10 000 County Series geological maps layer
href:
https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW0=GetRecordById0=full0=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd0=120b3e15-2c27-6602-e063-0937940a8a1b0=2.0.2&
uuidref:
120b3e15-2c27-6602-e063-0937940a8a1b
title:
BGS 1:10 560 / 1:10 000 National Grid Series geological maps layer
href:
https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW0=GetRecordById0=full0=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd0=127291c1-f66c-7f0c-e063-0937940a82520=2.0.2&
uuidref:
127291c1-f66c-7f0c-e063-0937940a8252
title:
BGS 1:25 000 Classical Areas of British Geology Series geological maps layer
href:
https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW0=GetRecordById0=full0=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd0=173a8beb-173f-4b9b-e063-0937940a82c30=2.0.2&
uuidref:
173a8beb-173f-4b9b-e063-0937940a82c3
title:
BGS 1:250 000 Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Series geological maps of the UK and Continental Shelf layer
href:
https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW0=GetRecordById0=full0=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd0=173df284-debd-1fba-e063-0937940a60d70=2.0.2&
uuidref:
173df284-debd-1fba-e063-0937940a60d7
title:
BGS 1:253 440 Quarter-inch series geological maps layer
href:
https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW0=GetRecordById0=full0=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd0=120e1002-dcdd-1b22-e063-0937940ae43d0=2.0.2&
uuidref:
120e1002-dcdd-1b22-e063-0937940ae43d
title:
BGS 1:63 360 / 1:50 000 series geological maps layer
href:
https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW0=GetRecordById0=full0=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd0=174c8605-df8c-6b33-e063-0937940adff10=2.0.2&
uuidref:
174c8605-df8c-6b33-e063-0937940adff1
title:
BGS 1:63 360 Old Series One-inch geological maps layer
href:
https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW0=GetRecordById0=full0=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd0=125eb95f-d993-45a7-e063-0937940aaf360=2.0.2&
uuidref:
125eb95f-d993-45a7-e063-0937940aaf36
title:
BGS Geophysical maps layer
href:
https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW0=GetRecordById0=full0=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd0=11446516-5dfd-6c2b-e063-0937940a2c260=2.0.2&
uuidref:
11446516-5dfd-6c2b-e063-0937940a2c26
title:
BGS Thematic Mapping Layer
href:
https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW0=GetRecordById0=full0=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd0=9df8df51-6387-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d980=2.0.2&
uuidref:
9df8df51-6387-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98
title:
Hydrogeological Maps of the UK layer

Distribution

Distribution:
Distribution Format:
Format:
Format Name:
?
version:
?
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3142
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
city:
EDINBURGH
administrative Area:
LOTHIAN
Postal Code:
EH14 4AP
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
distributor
Distributor:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3143
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
distributor
Transfer Options:
Digital Transfer Options:
onLine:
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
https://arcgis.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/SDDS/BGS_Geological_Maps/MapServer/WMSServer?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&
protocol:
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities
name:
BGS geological maps Web Map Service
description:
GetCapabilities response for OGC WMS service for layer(s) relating to BGS geological maps
function:
information

Data Quality

Data Quality:
Scope:
DQ_Scope:
level:
service
Level Description:
MD_ScopeDescription:
other:
service
Report:
Domain Consistency:
Result:
Conformance Result:
specification:
Citation:
Title:
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
publication
date:
2011
explanation:
See the referenced specification
pass:
0
Domain Consistency:
Result:
Conformance Result:
specification:
Citation:
Title:
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
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
publication
date:
2010-12-08
explanation:
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
pass:
0
Domain Consistency:
Result:
Conformance Result:
specification:
Citation:
Title:
Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE View Services Version 3.0
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
publication
date:
2011-03-21
explanation:
See the referenced specification at http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Network_Services/TechnicalGuidance_ViewServices_v3.0.pdf
pass:
0
Lineage:
LI_Lineage:
statement:
For the lineage of datasets served by this service, refer to the metadata for those data.

Metadata

File Identifier:
3a329bf2-68dc-b33b-e063-3050940adafc
language:
eng
Resource type:
service
Hierarchy Level Name:
service
Metadata Contact:
Responsible Party:
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
+44 131 667 1000
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
city:
EDINBURGH
administrative Area:
LOTHIAN
Postal Code:
EH14 4AP
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
pointOfContact
Date Stamp:
2025-11-03
Metadata Standard Name:
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M25/current/GEMINI/
Metadata Standard Name:
UK GEMINI
Metadata Standard Version:
2.3
Dataset URI:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608439