BGS 50000 scale digital geology

This dataset is designed for 1:50000 scale but can be viewed in this WMS below 1:100000. Separate bedrock geology, superficial deposits, artificial ground, mass movement deposits and geological linear features layers are available in this service. For information about more of the British Geological Survey's maps that are available digitally please visit http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/digitalmaps/digmapgb.html. These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/), subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: Contains British Geological Survey materials copyright UKRI [year]. Contact us if you create something new and innovative that could benefit others usingbgsdata@bgs.ac.uk.

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Identification info

Date
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Garry Baker

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact

GEMET

  • Geology

ISO

  • infoMapAccessService
Theme

  • Map

  • Geology

  • DiGMapGB

  • United Kingdom

  • Bedrock

  • Superficial

  • Artificial ground

  • Mass movement deposits

  • Geological linear features

  • Lithology

  • Lithostratigraphy

  • Age

  • OneGeology

  • MD_DATE@2014-12-16

  • MD_LANG@ENG
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Other restrictions
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These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/), subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: Contains British Geological Survey materials copyright UKRI [year]. Contact us if you create something new and innovative that could benefit others usingbgsdata@bgs.ac.uk.

Service Type
OGC:WMS
Service Version

1.3.0
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Coupling Type
Tight
Contains Operations
Operation Name Distributed Computing Platforms Connect Point

GetCapabilities

 		HTTP-GET https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?

GetMap

 		HTTP-GET https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?

GetFeatureInfo

 		HTTP-GET https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

OGC:WMS

 		https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WmsServer?

Metadata

File identifier
38f715fa04cb0d216d0fcfe53b874e6aa90c961d XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Service
Date stamp
2025-12-03T06:30:01
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115-3
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Garry Baker

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact
Point of contact
 
 

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Keywords

Age Artificial ground Bedrock DiGMapGB Geological linear features Geology Lithology Lithostratigraphy MD_DATE@2014-12-16 MD_LANG@ENG Map Mass movement deposits OneGeology Superficial United Kingdom
GEMET

Geology
ISO

infoMapAccessService


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