BGS Sensor Data API

We collect data from sensors located throughout the UK and beyond capturing information on properties such as groundwater temperature and levels, barometric air pressure and motion sensors. We have recently started collecting information related to the energy efficiency of buildings and have developed techniques for incorporating data from sensors operated by other institutions. Some of the data we collect is available through the sensor API and sensor dashboard which provides easy access to the API data.

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Alternate title

BGS Sensor Data API
Date (Creation)
2022-11-01
Citation identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608002
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

 		Distributor

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

 		Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Continual

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • Abrasion

  • Hydrological data

  • Sensor mapping

  • Time series data

  • Environmental science

  • UK Location (INSPIRE)

  • Drill hole data
dataCentre
Keywords

  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
licenceOGL
Other constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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

Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

Service Type
download
Geographic identifier
Glasgow City [id=30631]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: OS Boundary Line 2009 revision

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Begin date
2020-03-16 Before
End date
2023 After
Coupling Type
Tight

Contains Operations

No information provided.
Operates On
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
Distribution format
Name Version

GeoJSON

RFC 7946

CSV

RFC 4180
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

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://sensors.bgs.ac.uk/FROST-Server/v1.1

BGS Sensor Data API
Hierarchy level
Service
Other

service

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

Conformance result

Title

Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE View Services Version 3.0
Date (Publication)
2011-03-21
Explanation

See the referenced specification at http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Network_Services/TechnicalGuidance_ViewServices_v3.0.pdf

Pass
No
Statement

Data generated by a range of scientific projects, including: UK Geoenergy Observatories in Glasgow & Cheshire: UK future energy monitoring and testing Cardiff Urban Observatory: monitoring geothermal heat recovery and storage project. Seismic monitoring: a network of more than 100+ seismograph stations. River Thames ground water monitoring

Metadata

File identifier
ee89d4bb-ba7d-7a4f-e053-0937940abe6a XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Service
Hierarchy level name

service
Date stamp
2025-05-22
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact
Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608002

 
 

Overviews

overview

Keywords

UK Location (INSPIRE) UKGEOS


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