Superficial related themes digitised from 1977 first edition quaternary map north and south. More geological layers artificial ground, faults, mass movements are available through a wms service. Data are typically available under licence, however an increasing number are available for view or download in opengeoscience. Bgs has a wide range of datasets and wants to increase access to these by publishing as many as possible under opengeoscience. This data is published as part of bgs opengeoscience find out why bgs is publishing linked data and how to use it.
Bedding planes and structural features such as faults, folds, are shown with strike and dip or trend and plunge symbols which give threedimensional orientations features. This resource provides high resolution scans of almost all small and medium scale maps produced by the british geological survey since mapping started in 1832. Interactive site map british geological survey bgs. Try the beta version of our new 3d geology of britain viewer. Click on either the rectangle or polygon buttons and draw a selection shape on the map. Pan and zoom to your required location, click on the map and find out more about geosciences in your area of interest. Check out the national geologic map database ngmdb, which is the national archive of these maps and related geoscience reports. Responsibility for site content lies with the uk soil observatory partners and providers, not with the bgs. These have typically been developed on a national scale and are of use to a wide range of end users including academics, industry, homebuyers and policy makers. Gravity map bouguer anomalies total intensity aeromagnetic map. Rock units or geologic strata are shown by color or symbols. Rationale and methods for regional 3d geological mapping programs. Alternatively, click on the radius button to search by radius on a point location. Please note that we recommend the geoindex viewer for professional users.
This will enable you to work offline to develop your own systems and methodologies using bgs data. Our data is managed by the national geoscience data centre. The bgs collection of large scale geological field maps. These maps are available in flat, or folded editions, and they cover a vast majority of the uk. Information on bgs publications is given in the current catalogue of geological maps, books and data, available on the bgs website. The data is also available via the igeology smartphone app for iphone and android. The data set currently covers 95% of great britain. Move the horizontal transparency slider to darken or lighten the colours of the geological map. I opened the bgs opengeoscience online geology of britain viewer. You can also change the basemap to show satellite photographs imagery or various street maps. Digital 3d geological models the geological maps of the future.
Geology of britain viewer british geological survey bgs. Simple map viewers are made available for a range of bgs spatial datasets. Geoindex british geological survey hover over a row to highlight feature. Questions, suggestions, or comments regarding the contents of this site should be directed to the onegeology administration. The geological maps data is reported for the area of your site plus a buffer of 250m. Geological survey reading topographic maps interpreting the colored lines, areas, and other symbols is the. British geological survey launches the maps portal aggnet.
Your browser either has javascript disabled or does not support javascript. A number of our datasets are now available for you to download onto your system for your own use. Index to the bgs collection of large scale geological field maps. We operate a network of sensors across the uk to monitor both british and overseas earthquakes, and provide objective information to government, industry and public. Opengeoscience free data british geological survey bgs. This is a web page of the geological survey of japan, aist where anyone can download for free various data of published geologic maps. Digital geologic maps of the us states with consistent lithology, age, database structure, and format.
Surface geology mode in this mode, the viewer displays either bedrock geology, superficial deposits or a combined map showing both bedrock geology and the overlying superficial deposits the default. A map based index of a wealth of information that bgs has collected or obtained from other sources. The data is extracted from the bgs digital geological map of great britain at 1. This data is published as part of bgs opengeoscience. Index to the bgs large scale geological map collection. Search for deposited data to find data you have deposited, please use either the dedicated search for deposited data or the deposited data layers on the geoindex. You can search bgs datasets using geoindex a mapbased index of information that we have collected or have obtained from other sources.
View our geological map of the world, containing over 480 datasets, services and maps. Investigating the united kingdoms geology using gis esri. Lithoframe is a concept to produce models of britains subsurface geology. The british geological survey bgs has released highresolution scans of more than 6,000 geological maps which were previously published on paper, including the recent 1. The coverage of the data can be seen in the download interface below as the dark blue areas of great britain. Ngdc digital data deposit application british geological survey. Search for deposited data to find data you have deposited, please use either the dedicated search for deposited. Downloadable data are in jpeg maps scanned to 200dpi, geotiff, shapefile and kml with contents in vector and image formats and pdf file for a geologic map width description. A geologic map or geological map is a specialpurpose map made to show various geological features. Catalogue of geological mapsgeological survey of japan aist. You may also add a wms directly, using the add menu option and then image overlay. Inspire download service british geological survey bgs.
Free downloads british geological survey bgs browsing. These different themes of spatial data can be used to overlay topographic maps to give meaningful site specific information. Free online viewing of over 6000 bgs maps and sections. The british geological survey bgs is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance geoscientific knowledge of the united kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research. Oct 23, 2014 bgs releases highresolution scans of more than 6,000 maps providing the gateway to uk geology. The british geological survey bgs is working with glasgow city council and other partners to obtain, integrate and supply a wide range of digital geodata. Bedrock related themes created by generalisation of 1. Features are shown as points, lines, or areas, depending on their size and extent. Website questions, suggestions or comments should be directed to bgs enquiries.
This site is hosted by the british geological survey bgs. Interactive site map for the british geological survey website. Search results, when available, can be exported to a tabdelimited text file using the export active tab button. The bgs headquarters are in keyworth, nottinghamshire, england, united kingdom. Geology covers either the solid bedrock, or the superficial deposits. Bgs earthquake seismology british geological survey.
Downloadable data are in jpeg maps scanned to 200dpi, geotiff, shapefile and kml with contents in vector and image formats. The bgs headquarters are in keyworth, nottinghamshire, england. Opengeoscience is a free service where you can view maps, download data, scans, photos and other information. A predefined service consists of a single parent feed the download service feed, with links to. Fault lines downloaded from the british geological survey and displayed in arcgis. One of the methods by which data can be made available under inspire is via a predefined download service. Since the 1800s, the usgs and its partners, the state geological surveys, have been producing high quality, standardized geologic maps of the nation. Generalised digital geological map data based on bgss british geological society published poster maps of the uk north and south. The bgs have more map tiles in production for this dataset and we. As part of the offering for geological data you can select from a range of datasets, these include bgs 1.
A mapbased index of a wealth of information that bgs has collected or obtained from other sources. Onegeology to be the provider of geoscience data globally. Create pdf map generate a printable pdf map of the current map and legend by clicking on generate pdf map. The british geological survey bgs is the united kingdoms premier centre for earth science information and expertise. The mapping data is the most detailed geological mapping available from the british geological survey bgs, consisting of four polygon layers. Ngdc digital data deposit application ngdc information. Bgs releases highresolution scans of more than 6,000 maps providing the gateway to uk geology. The bgs earthquake seismology team is the uks national earthquake monitoring agency. Bgs groundhog desktop, geological modelling from cross sections, british. Map data downloads free data british geological survey bgs.
The datasets available to download include many of bgss baseline products including geological, hydrogeological, geophysical and chemical data. Inspire download service search british geological survey. The product covers around 30% of the uk as the product is not complete you will note the greyed out areas where data is not available. This site is hosted by the british geological survey but responsibility for the content of the site lies with onegeology not with the british geological survey. Aug 06, 2014 the bgs have more map tiles in production for this dataset and we will add them to the service as they become available to us. Water environment map hydrogeological maps of japan. Generic mapping tools, map generation and analysis, lamontdoherty and university of hawaii. Our data the bgs is a datarich organisation with over 400 datasets in its care. In its role as a national geological survey the british geological survey bgs has produced paper. Maps are in pdf format and can be downloaded with acrobat reader. This is a list of free and opensource software for geological data handling and interpretation.
1497 427 994 1517 1076 52 393 283 1600 1098 1302 541 1148 852 9 182 1205 970 624 1327 727 522 988 100 785 1230 102 312 292 318 718 229 522