Index To The BGS Large Scale Geological Map Collection.

Index to BGS geological map 'Standards', manuscript and published maps for Great Britain produced by the Survey on County Series (1:10560) and National Grid (1:10560 & 1:10000) Ordnance Survey base maps. 'Standards' are the best interpretation of the geology at the time they were produced. The Oracle index was set up in 1988, current holdings are over 41,000 maps. There are entries for all registered maps, but not all fields are complete on all entries.
 
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British Geological Survey. Index To The BGS Large Scale Geological Map Collection.. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df51-63ac-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98
 

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Date ( Creation )
1980
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480347

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  +44 115 936 3276 

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  Custodian

Maintenance and update frequency
daily Daily
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Geological maps
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
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otherRestrictions Other restrictions
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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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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.
Spatial representation type
grid Grid
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
GBN

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

Geographic identifier
GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

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S
E
W


Supplemental Information
Updated as new maps are produced.
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Distribution format
  • DIGITAL ()

  Distributor

  +44 115 936 3276 
OnLine resource
GeoIndex  

The GeoIndex allows users to search for information about BGS data collections covering the UK and other areas world wide. Access is free, the interface is easy to use, and it has been developed to enable users to check coverage of different types of data and find out some background information about the data. More detailed information can be obtained by further enquiry to specified contacts, and ordering can be carried out via the web site.

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dataset 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
Index to all maps and maps in preparation. Initiated 1988

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9df8df51-63ac-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML
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English English
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dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-07-14
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3

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Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480347
 
 

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