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Digital Geological Map Data of Northern Ireland - 250k (DiGMapNI-250) Version 1

The data shows superficial polygons, bedrock polygons and fault linear geological information, sourced from published Geological Survey of Northern Ireland 1:250 000 scale maps - superficial (Quaternary 1991) and bedrock (Solid 1997). Full Northern Ireland coverage is available (Bedrock extends west into RI). The data is available in vector format. BGS licensing terms and conditions apply to external use of the data. New version available: 1:250K Geological Maps of Northern Ireland version 2

Simple

Date (Publication)
2000
Citation identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605375
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

gsni@economy-ni.gov.uk

Distributor

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

gsni@economy-ni.gov.uk

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • Digital maps

  • UK Location (INSPIRE)

  • Geology

  • Maps

  • GIS

  • Data

dataCentre
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
The usual BGS licensing terms and conditions apply to external use of the data. Data licence required.
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.

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
250000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
NIR

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision

Geographic identifier
NORTHERN IRELAND [id=181000]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

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Begin date
1991
Begin date
1991
End date
2000
Unique resource identifier
OSNI 1952 / Irish National Grid (EPSG::29901)
Distribution format
Name Version

VECTOR - SHP, TAB, DGN Files etc.

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

gsni@economy-ni.gov.uk

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/gsni/

Geological Survey of Northern Ireland Homepage

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Other

dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

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
Explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Pass
No
Statement

Recorded and digitised as necessary from 250k published GSNI maps. Data created and exported as V1 in Irish National Grid December 2000.

Metadata

File identifier
9df8df52-d765-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-20
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/13605375

 
 

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

UK Location (INSPIRE)


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