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Marine Maps and Charts Archive (1960 onwards)

The Marine Maps and Chart Archive held by BGS contains maps created by BGS (the majority of which result from BGS offshore mapping projects) and also maps acquired from various other sources (e.g. UK Hydrographic Office and MCA Civil Hydrography Programme survey charts). The maps which date from the 1960s onwards are very variable in subject type and scale ranging from survey navigation to geological interpretation. The maps are primarily for the UKCS (United Kingdom Continental Shelf). The coverage of some map types is the entire UKCS whilst other have only regional or localised extent. The maps which are a mix of paper and digital are applicable to a wide range of uses including environmental, geotechnical, geophysical and geological studies. range of uses including environmental, geotechnical, geophysical and geological studies. Scanned maps can be viewed via the BGS maps portal http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/maps.
 
Citation proposal
Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Marine Maps and Charts Archive (1960 onwards). https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/c35e3405-9db1-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98

Simple

Date ( Creation )
1960
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605647

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom

  0115 936 3142  
  0115 936 3276 

  Point of contact

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom

  0115 936 3142  
  0115 936 3276 

  Custodian

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
United Kingdom

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  

  Originator

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  

  Owner

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
United Kingdom

Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Marine surveys , Site investigations , Marine geophysics , Maps , Marine geology
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Use constraints
otherRestrictions 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.
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=2002262]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

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S
E
W


Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::32629

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::32630

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::32631

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4230

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Distribution format
  • GIS ()

  • TIFF ()

  • Hardcopy ()

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom

  0115 936 3142  
  0115 936 3276 

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  

OnLine resource
BGS maps portal  

BGS maps portal

OnLine resource
1:250 000 series maps  

1:250 000 series maps

OnLine resource
Sea bed sediments around the United Kingdom (North Sheet) 1:1 000 000  

Sea bed sediments around the United Kingdom (North Sheet) 1:1 000 000

OnLine resource
Sea bed sediments around the United Kingdom (South Sheet) 1:1 000 000  

Sea bed sediments around the United Kingdom (South Sheet) 1:1 000 000

Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Other
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
The majority of maps result from BGS offshore mapping projects although there are maps from other sources also (e.g. UK Hydrographic Office survey charts).

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier
c35e3405-9db1-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML
Metadata language
English English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-01-25
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3

  Point of contact

British Geological Survey  
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom

  +44 131 667 1000  
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605647
 
 

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