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Satellite imagery of the UK/World (digital)

The database contains satellite images of the UK purchased by the BGS or on its behalf by NERC. It includes data from the Lansdat, SPOT, Radarsat and ERS satellites. The images are stored in proprietary format on various types of magnetic media. The data are currently stored by path-row scene numbers and as mosaics on tapes, CDs and drives. Entire UK is covered by the dataset, however, there are gaps in coverage from individual sensors. Coverage exists for countries (or parts of countries) where work has been carried out.
 
Citation proposal
Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Satellite imagery of the UK/World (digital). https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df51-62d1-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98

Simple

Date ( Creation )
1972
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480125

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 

  Point of contact

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 

  Custodian

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 
Maintenance and update frequency
irregular Irregular
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Remote sensing , Landsat , Satellite imagery , Imagery
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
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.
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
GB

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

Geographic identifier
UK [id=139300]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

Geographic identifier
UKM

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

Geographic identifier
WORLD [id=100000]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

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S
E
W


Supplemental Information
The start date is based on launch of Landsat MSS. Data is continuously updated by existing or new satellites. Update varies with sensor temporal resolution. The level of spatial detail will vary with sensor: MSS 80m; TM 30m; SPOT 20m; ERS 12.5m; Radarsat 8m; ETM 15m. Different sensors record data from different wavebands; some are active, some are passive
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::29900

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Reference system identifier
OGP / PROJ

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Distribution format
  • RASTER - Data can be presented as imagery by plotting in-house or through photographic processes. ()

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 
OnLine resource
Earth and planetary observation and monitoring  

The page this URL links from gives details of the BGS project team that produces the 'Satellite imagery of the UK/World (digital)' dataset. Contact details for more information on accessing the data are also listed on the page.

Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Other
dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
false

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
false
Statement
Imagery from different sensors is processed in different ways. Most are filtered and edge-enhanced.

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier
9df8df51-62d1-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML
Metadata language
English English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-01-15
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3

  Point of contact

British Geological Survey  
Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  +44 115 936 3100  
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480125
 
 

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