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.

Date (Creation): 1960

Citation identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605647

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	not available	Custodian
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Distributor
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Originator
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Owner

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Marine geology
Maps
MEDIN
Marine geophysics
Site investigations
UK Location (INSPIRE)
Marine surveys

dataCentre

Keywords

NERC_DDC

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Varies by map, some maps will be open. Other maps may be restricted.

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.

Language: English

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier: NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=2002262]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier: UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Begin date: 1960

End date: 1960 After

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84 / UTM zone 29N (EPSG::32629)

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84 / UTM zone 30N (EPSG::32630)

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N (EPSG::32631)

Unique resource identifier: ED50 (EPSG::4230)

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)

Distribution format

Name	Version
Hardcopy
TIFF
GIS

Distributor contact

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

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/maps

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/maps/maps.cfc?method=listResults&MapName=&series=OFF250k&scale=&pageSize=100

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/maps/maps.cfc?method=viewRecord&mapId=12055

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/maps/maps.cfc?method=viewRecord&mapId=12056

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: 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).