Date (Creation)

2001

Citation identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480476

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Custodian

Maintenance and update frequency

Irregular

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Satellite imagery

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

• Aerial photographs

dataCentre

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

The photographs come from a number of different original sources (OS, RAF, SDD, private companies) and so reproduction rights will depend on the particular conditions applying for each holder of IPR.

Use constraints

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

Language

English

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Begin date

1939 Before

Supplemental Information

Pre- and post-Second World War RAF aerial photography. All Scotland Survey aerial photography carried out by Scottish Development Department in 1988-89. It is believed that the RAF collection is a complete record of the whole of Scotland, although in practice this collection is little used because of the poor quality of the images (both physically and photographically, e.g. cloud cover). From the two other more recently flown programmes by the OS and ASS we have in our possession patchy coverage of the IGSN area of Scotland and Northern England. Some areas have no coverage while other more recently mapped sheets have complete coverage. Patchy coverage concentrating on recently mapped areas. The 11 subcollections have very different levels of metadata quality and coverage. [1] RCAHMS - RAF. Sortie and Box numbers only (No photo numbers). Photo numbers and flightplans are available in hardcopy. [2] HIGHLAND. Sortie only. Photo numbers available on card index. Flight plans available in filing cabinet with photos. Mostly RAF photography (Scales c. 1:10,000 to 14,000), plus some OS and Coastal Series Obliques. [3] LOWLAND. Sortie only. Photo numbers available on card index. Flight plans available in filing cabinet with photos. Mostly RAF photography (Scales c. 1:10,000 to 14,000). In addition, limited Coastal Colour Strip (Scale 1:10,000) and Coastal Series Obliques flown by Fairey Surveys. [4] MIDLAND VALLEY. Sortie, photo numbers, number of photos, date, flightplan?, area/sheet number, specific area, how stored, notes. OS and ASS. Midland Valley photos only. [5] NE ENGLAND. Sortie, photo numbers, number of photos, date, flightplan?, area/sheet number, how stored?, notes and strip details (if available). Predominantly RAF and OS material. [6] MISCELLANEOUS. Sortie, photo numbers, date, area/sheet number. A mixture of RAF and OS material, but also some All Scotland Survey and National Coal Board (NCB). Wide geographical spread, where known. [7] IGSN NOT IN USE. Name, sortie, photo numbers, number of photos, date, flightplan?, area/sheet number, specific area, how stored, notes. Mainly OS material, but some RAF. Geographically varied. [8] IGSN IN USE. Name, room number, sortie number, photo number, number of photos, date, flightplan?, area/sheet number, specific area, how stored, notes. Mainly OS and ASS (no RAF). Geographically varied. [9] Oversize APs. Sortie, photo number, number of photos, date, flightplan?, size, area/sheet number. OS and ADAS photos. [10] AP Scans. Run, line, sortie, photo number, area, locations of scanned AP files. ASS photos. [11] Satellite Imagery. Source, date acquired, area, colour/B&W, bandwidths, scale, notes. W:\OldProjects\MHAPI\Data\Aerial_Photo_Inventory.xls

Distribution format

Name	Version
SATELLITE IMAGE
DIGITAL
PHOTOGRAPHS
MS EXCEL - Excel spreadsheet

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://www.bgs.ac.uk/	BGS Homepage

Hierarchy level

Non geographic dataset

Other

non geographic dataset

Statement

In late 2000 the MH AP collection consisted of a large collection of, often disorganised, sub-collections scattered throughout the building and among different staff members. Although some of the sub-collections were well organised, with detailed photo listings and flightplans (indicating geographical coverage very accurately), others merely hinted at the extent of their areal coverage. Quite a few sub-collections gave no indication of their location at all. The worst examples were loosely jumbled up in black bin bags. By late 2001 all photos (except those being worked on by cuurently by staff) were merged into 4 filing cabinets in MH and catalogued in the inventory spreadsheet. By late 2003, the inventory spreadsheet had been updated with newly purchased and newly discovered photos as well as modified to include details of digital holdings and satellite imagery.

Metadata

File identifier

9df8df51-640c-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata language

English

Hierarchy level

Non geographic dataset

Hierarchy level name

non geographic dataset

Date stamp

2025-05-07

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey		enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact

Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480476