BGS 1:10 560 / 1:10 000 County Series geological maps
For much of the Geological Survey's existence, the County Series of maps were the standard large-scale maps on which geological mapping was undertaken. These maps are based on the Ordnance Survey County (or six-inch to the mile) series of maps. These maps were cut up to be used in the field to record geological observations, and on return to the office, the geology was transferred to a complete County Series map, which after approval was known as a 'standard' (England / Wales) or 'clean copy' (Scotland). This dataset contains the 'standard' or 'clean copy' County Series maps held by BGS. Geological maps represent a geologist's compiled interpretation of the geology of an area. A geologist will consider the data available at the time, including measurements and observations collected during field campaigns, as well as their knowledge of geological processes and the geological context to create a model of the geology of an area. This model is then fitted to a topographic basemap and drawn up at the appropriate scale, with generalization if necessary, to create a geological map, which is a representation of the geological model. Explanatory notes and vertical and horizontal cross sections may be published with the map. Geological maps may be created to show various aspects of the geology, or themes. The most common map themes held by BGS are solid (later referred to as bedrock) and drift (later referred to as superficial). These maps are hard-copy paper records stored in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and are delivered as digital scans through the BGS website.
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BGS County Series geological maps
- Date (Creation)
- 1847
- Citation identifier
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608221
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Distributor British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Owner British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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Geological maps
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Geological models
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Geology
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UK Location (INSPIRE)
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Geological surveys
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Geological mapping
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Maps
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NERC_DDC
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- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
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- 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.
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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.
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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
- Denominator
- 10560
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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GBN
ISO 3166_2 2009 revision
- Geographic identifier
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GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation
- Begin date
- 1847 After
- End date
- 1980 Before
- Supplemental Information
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Each county is a sub-series with further sub series depending on the OS base map series used. As a result, maps of regions close to county borders may overlap. Their map projection was related to a central meridian for each county or groups of counties, so each had its own sheet numbering system. For some counties the meridian changed and the OS base maps and subsequent geological maps were issued on different sheetlines and numbering system. The new sheetlines/sheet numbers bear no relation to the sheetlines/sheet numbers of the superseded series. For some areas users will need to check the different series for their chosen area, checking index maps to ensure coverage and sheet numbers. The County Series were issued as either 'Full Sheets' and 'Quarter Sheets'. The latter — carrying the suffixes NW, NE, SW, and SE — are more recent, the former, full sheets being mainly from earlier periods of production. Over 10 000 sheet areas are covered if all the editions and amended or superseded versions were taken into account. There are over 30 000 map sheets. A considerable number of sheets, particularly in the coalfield counties such as Yorkshire, Lancashire and Durham, were published as monochrome maps (from engraved copper or lithographic plates) and subsequently hand-coloured. Sheets for the London area were eventually published and printed in colour. In some cases, BGS may hold multiple copies of the same map - for example if there were originally different copies held in different Survey offices, or at different locations at the same site. As a result of this, there may be multiple scans for the same map. Maps also may have had copies produced for different purposes: for example, a hand-drawn and coloured geological 'standards' (officially approved maps), dyeline masters (created for reproduction), and dyeline prints (uncoloured and hand-coloured).
- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
- Distribution format
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Name Version PDF
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Distributor
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name HTTP
https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/data/MapsPortal/ BGS Maps Portal
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- Dataset
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dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
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- No
Conformance result
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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 (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
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- No
- Statement
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These geological maps were created by the Geological Survey from approximately the 1840s onwards. The paper maps were scanned to TIF image format at 300 dpi as part a scanning project from c. 2000 to the present day. JPEG2000 and PDF copies were created from the master TIF scans.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 1702d912-a0e6-556e-e063-0937940a3bde XML
- Metadata language
- English
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- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-12-14
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Geological Survey
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