dataset · United Kingdom
BGS Surface geology (OGC WxS INSPIRE IOC)
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 http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/digitalmaps/digmapgb.html.
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Licence: Creative Commons Attribution
Evidence quality: 52.4
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- DiGMap surface geology, UK-wide · layers displayable by age or by lithology · BGS.1M.surface.GeologicUnit layer · BGS.1M.surface.GeologicUnit.age layer · BGS.Bedrock.and.Surface.Geology layer
- Coverage docs-verified
- United Kingdom
- Resolution docs-verified
- 1:625 000 map scale
- Formats docs-verified
- OGC WMS
- Access docs-verified
- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution. Use restricted to personal, non-commercial use.
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Regional bedrock and superficial geology context for early desk-study site screening · Lithology and age overlay for preliminary ground model framing at UK scale · Geology layer for regional hydrogeology screening maps (check licence before commercial use)
- Audience llm-inferred
- geotechnical engineers · hydrogeologists · GIS analysts · planners
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Restricted to personal, non-commercial use per the service summary, which conflicts with consultancy use · Site-wide footer states content is under the Open Government Licence v3.0, which conflicts with the Creative Commons Attribution licence listed for this dataset · Map scale of 1:625 000 is too coarse for site-scale assessment · Dataset page last updated 18 August 2020 · Title marks the service as IOC (initial operating capability) · Data link formats are not stated on the dataset page
Evidence
- http://ogc.bgs.ac.uk/BGS_Bedrock_and_Surface_Geology/wms.php?SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=getCapabilities&
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/f5372894-0e9e-4660-9be8-d3dc41f75e12/bgs-surface-geology-ogc-wxs-inspire-ioc1
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.