Teaching Pack of Digital Geological Data (GeoScholar)

GeoScholar is a set of free geological data - available in GIS format - for UK universities and the higher education sector, to support teaching and learning within the geosciences. The dataset includes digital geological map data from BGS, aerial photos from Infoterra, NEXTmap digital terrain model from Intermap Technologies, borehole data and their corresponding logs, several BGS geological map sheets. Each Geoscholar teaching package will include 12 different geographical regions, including Assynt, Coniston and South West Wales.

Date (Creation): 2009-02

Citation identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605387

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: Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Digital maps
Boreholes
UK Location (INSPIRE)
DEM
Aerial photographs
Geological maps
GIS
Well logging

dataCentre

UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

NERC_DDC

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: license

Other constraints: GeoScholar is available under free licence to academic institutions. Please note that only academic institutions can apply for a licence, GeoScholar data and licenses are not available to individual students. This dataset is only available to UK Universities and the higher education sector to support teaching and learning within the geosciences. Although this is a free dataset, licenses must be arranged and signed before the data is released.

Other constraints: Either : (i) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under license; and / or (ii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted before the dataset can be provided to, or accessed by, BGS staff or external clients. 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 access restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (IPR@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.

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.

Other constraints: The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section ( iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage.

Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 50000

Language: English

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 119 Snowdon [id=1624396]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 226 [id=1624515]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 227 [id=1624516]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 228 Haverfordwest [id=1624517]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 244 Linney Head [id=1624534]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 245 Pembroke [id=1624535]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 29 Keswick [id=1624583]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 31 Brough-under-Stainmore [id=1624606]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 330 Lymington [id=1624629]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 331 Portsmouth [id=1624630]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 344 [id=1624644]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 345 [id=1624645]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: England + Wales 38 Ambleside [id=1624664]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: Scotland 15E Leadhills [id=1624845]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: Scotland 15W New Cumnock [id=1624846]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: Scotland 28E Knapdale [id=1624887]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: Scotland 44 Mull [id=1624940]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

Geographic identifier: Scotland 71W Broadford [id=1625035]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Map sheets 1950 revision

End date: 2009 Before

Supplemental Information: GeoScholar is available under free licence to academic institutions. Please note that only academic institutions can apply for a licence, GeoScholar data and licenses are not available to individual students. The data is in ESRI ArcGIS format. Users must have an ESRI licence for ArcGIS 9.2 or higher to view the project files, although the data can be loaded individually in previous versions of ArcGIS or ArcView 3.X.

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Distribution format

Name	Version
ESRI ArcGIS format	Current BGS version

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: 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: First version of dataset. This teaching package is compiled from current BGS and other datasets already in existence. This includes published geological map sheets, DiGMapGB-50, SOBI, borehole logs, aerial photos (from Infoterra), Digital Terrain Models (NEXTMap).