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Index To The BGS Collections Of Aerial Photographs

Index to various collections of Aerial Photographs purchased or obtained by BGS and its precursors as part of its surveying activities. The index was set up in 2000 and mainly covers Great Britain. The level of spatial detail depends on the flight plans provided, but most are referenced at least to OS quarter sheet level.

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  • SDS

INSPIRE

Identification

File identifier
9df8df52-d7b0-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
Title

Index To The BGS Collections Of Aerial Photographs

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Online resource
Protocol

HTTP

 
Resource identifier
code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480209

 
Metadata language
English
Spatial representation type
Grid
Encoding
Format

DIGITAL

 
Projection
code
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
 
 

Classification of data and services

Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
 

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • Remote sensing

  • Aerial photography

  • UK Location (INSPIRE)

  • General geology

  • Mine shafts

  • Mines

Other keywords

dataCentre
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

 
 

Geographic coverage

N
S
E
W
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Temporal reference

Temporal extent
Begin
1940
 
Temporal extent
Date (Creation)
2000
 

Quality and validity

Lineage

The original data are aerial photographs, data from the forms were transferred to an Oracle database.

Denominator
10000
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
Title

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

 
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

 
 

Restrictions on access and use

Access constraints
Copyright restrictions apply.
Access 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.

Access 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.

 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

British Geological Survey

Email

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

 
Organisation name

British Geological Survey

Email

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

 
Organisation name

British Geological Survey

Email

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

 
Organisation name

British Geological Survey

Email

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

 
Organisation name

British Geological Survey

Email

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

 
 

Metadata information

Contact for the metadata
Organisation name

British Geological Survey

Email

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

 
Date stamp
2025-06-29
Metadata language
English
 
 

SDS

Conformance class 1: invocable

Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
 

Conformance class 2: interoperable

Access constraints

Limitation
 

Use constraints

Limitation
 

Responsible custodian

Contact for the resource
 
 
 

Overviews

overview

Spatial extent

thumbnail

Keywords

UK Location (INSPIRE)


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