BGS Metadata Catalogue
BGS bedrock geology (OGC WxS)
Data from the DiGMap covering the whole of the United Kingdom at a scale of 1:625 000 is available in this OGC WMS service for personal, non-commercial use only. The service is a contribution to the OneGeology-Europe initiative. The layers can be displayed either by age or by lithology. For more information about the digital maps available from the British Geological Survey, please visit https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-data/.
INSPIRE
Identification
- File identifier
- d494f2a2-a5c6-516f-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Title
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BGS bedrock geology (OGC WxS)
- Hierarchy level
- Service
Online resource
- Protocol
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OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities
- Protocol
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OGC:WFS-1.0.0-http-get-capabilities
Resource identifier
Encoding
- Format
-
image/gif
- Format
-
image/png; mode=24bit
- Format
-
image/jpeg
- Format
-
image/png
- Format
-
image/vnd.wap.wbmp
- Format
-
image/tiff
- Format
-
image/svg+xml
- Format
-
text/xml; subtype=gml/3.1.1
- Version
-
3.1.1
- Format
-
GeoSciML
- Version
-
2
- Format
-
text/plain
- Format
-
text/html
- Format
-
application/vnd.ogc.gml
- Format
-
text/xml
Classification of data and services
- Service Type
- view
- Coupling Type
- Tight
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Keywords
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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Geology
-
Maps
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UK Location (INSPIRE)
-
Data
-
Digital maps
-
GIS
-
Geographic coverage
))
Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
- Date (Creation)
- 1995
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
- Title
-
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
- Explanation
-
See the referenced specification
- 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
- Title
-
Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE View Services Version 3.0
- Explanation
-
See the referenced specification at http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Network_Services/TechnicalGuidance_ViewServices_v3.0.pdf
Restrictions on access and use
- 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
- Organisation name
-
British Geological Survey
Metadata information
Contact for the metadata
- Organisation name
-
British Geological Survey
- Date stamp
- 2025-06-30
- Metadata language
- English
SDS
Conformance class 1: invocable
- Category
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INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
- Category
-
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
- Category
-
Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE View Services Version 3.0
- Pass
- No
- Pass
- No
- Pass
- No
Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
- Date
- Explanation
-
See the referenced specification
- Date
- Date
- Explanation
-
See the referenced specification at http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Network_Services/TechnicalGuidance_ViewServices_v3.0.pdf
Conformance class 2: interoperable
Access constraints
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
Limitation
Use constraints
Limitation
- string
-
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.
- string
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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.
