BGS Metadata Catalogue
BGS 50000 scale digital geology
This dataset is designed for 1:50000 scale but can be viewed in this WMS below 1:100000. Separate bedrock geology, superficial deposits, artificial ground, mass movement deposits and geological linear features layers are available in this service. For information about more of the British Geological Survey's maps that are available digitally please visit http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/digitalmaps/digmapgb.html. These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/), subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: Contains British Geological Survey materials copyright UKRI [year]. Contact us if you create something new and innovative that could benefit others usingbgsdata@bgs.ac.uk.
Simple
Identification info
- Point of contact
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Role Organisation Electronic mail address Point of contact British Geological Survey
Extent
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- GEMET
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Geology
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- ISO
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infoMapAccessService
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- Theme
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Map
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Geology
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DiGMapGB
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United Kingdom
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Bedrock
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Superficial
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Artificial ground
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Mass movement deposits
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Geological linear features
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Lithology
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Lithostratigraphy
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Age
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OneGeology
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MD_DATE@2014-12-16
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MD_LANG@ENG
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Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/), subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: Contains British Geological Survey materials copyright UKRI [year]. Contact us if you create something new and innovative that could benefit others usingbgsdata@bgs.ac.uk.
- Service Version
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1.3.0
- Fees
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none
- Coupling Type
- Tight
Contains Operations
- Operation Name
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GetCapabilities
- Distributed computing platform (DCP)
- HTTP-GET
Contains Operations
- Operation Name
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GetMap
- Distributed computing platform (DCP)
- HTTP-GET
- Connect Point
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https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
Format : image/png
- Connect Point
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https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
Format : image/png8
- Connect Point
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https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
Format : image/png24
- Connect Point
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https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
Format : image/png32
- Connect Point
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https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
Format : image/bmp
- Connect Point
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https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
Format : image/jpeg
- Connect Point
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https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
Format : image/tiff
Contains Operations
- Operation Name
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GetFeatureInfo
- Distributed computing platform (DCP)
- HTTP-GET
- Connect Point
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https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
Format : application/vnd.esri.wms_raw_xml
- Connect Point
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https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
Format : application/vnd.esri.wms_featureinfo_xml
- Connect Point
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https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
Format : application/vnd.ogc.wms_xml
- Connect Point
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https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
Format : application/geo+json
- Connect Point
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https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
Format : text/xml
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/38f715fa04cb0d216d0fcfe53b874e6aa90c961d
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- Contact
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Role Organisation Electronic mail address Point of contact British Geological Survey
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource type
- Service
- Date info (Creation)
- 2026-01-14T06:30:01
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115-3
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