BGS onshore bedrock 1:625k geology (OGC WFS using GeoSciML with CGI vocabularies)
This OGC Web Feature Service provides UK onshore bedrock geological data at 1:625,000 scale, encoded in GeoSciML and using CGI (Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information) vocabularies. It is published by the British Geological Survey (BGS) as part of the ongoing Digital Geological Map of Great Britain (DiGMapGB) project and forms a BGS contribution to the international OneGeology initiative. The service is delivered using GeoServer software and allows machine-readable access to national-scale bedrock geology features for use in GIS applications, mapping, and geological research.This service is a BGS contribution to the OneGeology project, providing UK onshore bedrock geological data at 1:625 000 scale in GeoSciML. This map data is collected as part of an ongoing BGS project: Digital Geological Map of Great Britain (DiGMapGB). GeoServer software is used to provide this c...
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Data schema (22 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| geologicUnitTypeGeologic unit type | string | — |
| rank | string | — |
| lithology | string | — |
| geologicHistoryGeologic history | string | — |
| observationMethodObservation method | string | — |
| positionalAccuracyPositional accuracy | string | — |
| source | string | — |
| geologicUnitType_uriGeologic unit type uri | string | — |
| representativeLithology_uriRepresentative lithology uri | string | — |
| representativeAge_uriRepresentative age uri | string | — |
| representativeOlderAge_uriRepresentative older age uri | string | — |
| representativeYoungerAge_uriRepresentative younger age uri | string | — |
| numericOlderAgeNumeric older age | double | — |
| numericYoungerAgeNumeric younger age | double | — |
| specification_uriSpecification uri | string | — |
| metadata_uriMetadata uri | string | — |
| genericSymbolizerGeneric symbolizer | string | — |
| shape | geometry | — |
| faultTypeFault type | string | — |
| faultType_uriFault type uri | string | — |
| movementType_uriMovement type uri | string | — |
| deformationStyle_uriDeformation style uri | string | — |
Schema captured from wfs 26 days ago.
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Sample data (3 records)
Record 1name: UISD-MFIR · rank: —
{
"name": "UISD-MFIR",
"rank": null,
"source": null,
"lithology": "Gabbroid",
"identifier": "bgsn_digmap20111213000012743_625k",
"description": "UNNAMED IGNEOUS INTRUSION, LATE SILURIAN TO EARLY DEVONIAN - MAFIC IGNEOUS-ROCK",
"metadata_uri": null,
"geologicHistory": "Ludlow",
"numericOlderAge": null,
"geologicUnitType": "lithodemic unit",
"genericSymbolizer": null,
"numericYoungerAge": null,
"observationMethod": null,
"specification_uri": "http://ogc.bgs.ac.uk/digmap625k_gsml_insp_gs/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&namespaces=xmlns%28gsmlb,http%3A%2F%2Fxmlns.geosciml.org%2FGeoSciML-Basic%2F4.0%29&typeNames=gsmlb:GeologicUnit&featureid=UISD-MFIR",
"positionalAccuracy": null,
"geologicUnitType_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/GeologicUnitTypeValue/lithodemicUnit",
"representativeAge_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/GeochronologicEraValue/ludlow",
"representativeOlderAge_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/GeochronologicEraValue/ludlow",
"representativeLithology_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/LithologyValue/gabbroid",
"representativeYoungerAge_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/GeochronologicEraValue/lowerDevonian"
}Record 2name: UISD-MFIR · rank: —
{
"name": "UISD-MFIR",
"rank": null,
"source": null,
"lithology": "Gabbroid",
"identifier": "bgsn_digmap20111213000012744_625k",
"description": "UNNAMED IGNEOUS INTRUSION, LATE SILURIAN TO EARLY DEVONIAN - MAFIC IGNEOUS-ROCK",
"metadata_uri": null,
"geologicHistory": "Ludlow",
"numericOlderAge": null,
"geologicUnitType": "lithodemic unit",
"genericSymbolizer": null,
"numericYoungerAge": null,
"observationMethod": null,
"specification_uri": "http://ogc.bgs.ac.uk/digmap625k_gsml_insp_gs/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&namespaces=xmlns%28gsmlb,http%3A%2F%2Fxmlns.geosciml.org%2FGeoSciML-Basic%2F4.0%29&typeNames=gsmlb:GeologicUnit&featureid=UISD-MFIR",
"positionalAccuracy": null,
"geologicUnitType_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/GeologicUnitTypeValue/lithodemicUnit",
"representativeAge_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/GeochronologicEraValue/ludlow",
"representativeOlderAge_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/GeochronologicEraValue/ludlow",
"representativeLithology_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/LithologyValue/gabbroid",
"representativeYoungerAge_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/GeochronologicEraValue/lowerDevonian"
}Record 3name: UISD-MFIR · rank: —
{
"name": "UISD-MFIR",
"rank": null,
"source": null,
"lithology": "Gabbroid",
"identifier": "bgsn_digmap20111213000012745_625k",
"description": "UNNAMED IGNEOUS INTRUSION, LATE SILURIAN TO EARLY DEVONIAN - MAFIC IGNEOUS-ROCK",
"metadata_uri": null,
"geologicHistory": "Ludlow",
"numericOlderAge": null,
"geologicUnitType": "lithodemic unit",
"genericSymbolizer": null,
"numericYoungerAge": null,
"observationMethod": null,
"specification_uri": "http://ogc.bgs.ac.uk/digmap625k_gsml_insp_gs/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&namespaces=xmlns%28gsmlb,http%3A%2F%2Fxmlns.geosciml.org%2FGeoSciML-Basic%2F4.0%29&typeNames=gsmlb:GeologicUnit&featureid=UISD-MFIR",
"positionalAccuracy": null,
"geologicUnitType_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/GeologicUnitTypeValue/lithodemicUnit",
"representativeAge_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/GeochronologicEraValue/ludlow",
"representativeOlderAge_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/GeochronologicEraValue/ludlow",
"representativeLithology_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/LithologyValue/gabbroid",
"representativeYoungerAge_uri": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/GeochronologicEraValue/lowerDevonian"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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curl -s 'https://ogc.bgs.ac.uk/digmap625k_gsml_cgi_gs/wfs?AcceptVersions=2.0.0&service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetCapabilities' -H 'Accept: application/json'List the feature types (layers) and supported operations.
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