BGS soil property data layers (OGC WxS INSPIRE)
This dataset provides soil property data layers produced by the British Geological Survey (BGS) for Great Britain, delivered via OGC web services (WMS/WFS) in line with the INSPIRE Directive. Layers include parent material, soil texture, soil group, grain size, thickness, and the European Soil Bureau description. The data are released under the Open Government Licence, subject to specific attribution and usage conditions set out by BGS. It supports applications in geology, land use planning, environmental assessment, and agriculture requiring detailed information on soil composition and characteristics across national territory.BGS soil property data layers including parent material, soil texture, group, grain size, thickness and European Soil Bureau description. These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/), subject to the follo...
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curl -s 'https://data.gov.uk/api/3/action/package_show?id=bgs-soil-property-data-layers-ogc-wxs-inspire1' -H 'Accept: application/json'Full CKAN dataset record: resources, licence, organization, freshness.
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BGS soil property data layers (OGC WxS INSPIRE)
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilitiesSource: ckan · Open original page
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