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Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 25k (DiGMapGB-25) Artificial version 2
Data identifies landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with type of artificial or man-made ground. It indicates areas where the ground surface has been significantly modified by human activity. Limited coverage within Great Britain, data exists for 167 10x10km tiles. Most primary geological mapping was carried out at 1:10 000 scale but in some areas of Wales and Scotland mapping at 1:25 000 was adopted as the norm including areas with complex geology or in some areas of classic geology.
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Licence: ["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 an
Evidence quality: 39.1
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
- artificial/man-made ground polygons (vector) · disturbed ground · infilled ground (including waste or landfill sites) · made ground (embankments, spoil heaps) · worked ground (quarries, road cuttings)
- Coverage docs-verified
- Great Britain (limited coverage: 167 10x10km tiles) · Dataset reference date 2012
- Resolution docs-verified
- Source mapping at 1:10 000 scale; 1:25 000 in some areas of Wales and Scotland
- Update frequency docs-verified
- notPlanned (no scheduled updates)
- Formats docs-verified
- ESRI Shapefile
- Access docs-verified
- Available under BGS data licence; no authentication required. Copyright vested in NERC; reproduction requires prior permission from the copyright holder.
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Desk study screening for made ground, infilled ground and landfill locations at a development site · Identifying historic quarries and worked ground to inform foundation risk assessment · Ground conditions context for contaminated land Phase 1 assessments
- Audience llm-inferred
- geotechnical engineers · engineering geologists · contaminated land consultants · civils engineers · planners
Limitations
- Constraints docs-verified
- Snapshot in time; may become dated very rapidly · Limited coverage: 167 tiles only, not full Great Britain · Mixed source mapping scales (1:10 000 and 1:25 000) · No scheduled updates (update frequency notPlanned) · Reference date 2012 · Copyright restrictions on reproduction and transmission
Evidence
- https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/bgs-geology/
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/b8acb793-2357-4bf8-827b-01aa99e90bef/digital-geological-map-data-of-great-britain-25k-digmapgb-25-artificial-version-2
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.