Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Artificial
This API provides access to geological mapping data for the Maltese Islands, focusing on the artificial geology theme, which describes areas of man-made (anthropogenic) materials and workings. Landscape areas are represented as polygons attributed with geomorphological descriptions, mapped at a scale of 1:10,000. Coverage extends across the main Maltese Islands. The dataset is published and maintained by the Planning Authority Malta, and offers free access without authentication, supporting land-use planning, geological research, and environmental assessment involving human-altered terrain.Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geomorphological descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Coverage is provided for the main Maltese Islands. The artificial geology theme describes the main areas of man-made (anthropogenic) materials and workings. T…
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Data schema (3 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| shape | geometry | Polygon geometry outlining the mapped feature area.Polygon geometry outlining the mapped feature area. |
| mappingFrameMapping frame | ReferenceType | Reference frame or context used for mapping the feature.Reference frame or context used for mapping the feature. |
| specification | GeologicFeaturePropertyType | Reference to the geologic feature specification applied.Reference to the geologic feature specification applied. |
Schema captured from wfs 29 days ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (3 records)
Record 1name: ARTIFICIAL_POLYGON · location: {"LocationString":{"href":"http://public
{
"name": "ARTIFICIAL_POLYGON",
"location": {
"LocationString": {
"href": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/MLT",
"title": "Malta"
}
},
"boundedBy": {
"Envelope": {
"lowerCorner": [
4981192.308,
400399.931
],
"upperCorner": [
4981530.535,
400742.165
]
}
},
"identifier": {
"value": "BGS_MaltaGeology_20220920111838255",
"codeSpace": "https://msdi2.data.gov.mt/BGS_MaltaGeology_20220920111838255"
},
"mappingFrame": {
"href": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MappingFrameValue/surfaceGeology"
},
"specification": null,
"metaDataProperty": [
{
"about": "gmd:supplementalInformation",
"GenericMetaData": "Method: LiDAR interpretation"
},
{
"about": "gmd:equivalentScale",
"GenericMetaData": "Nominal scale is: 10000"
},
{
"about": "gmd:lineage",
"GenericMetaData": "Data source is: Malta 2018 Lidar"
},
{
"about": "gmd:date",
"GenericMetaData": "Date of publication: 15-12-2022"
},
{
"href": "https://msdi.data.gov.mt/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/f5486fed-dc1e-19fc-e053-0937940aa368",
"title": "INSPIRE dataset metadata"
}
]
}Record 2name: ARTIFICIAL_POLYGON · location: {"LocationString":{"href":"http://public
{
"name": "ARTIFICIAL_POLYGON",
"location": {
"LocationString": {
"href": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/MLT",
"title": "Malta"
}
},
"boundedBy": {
"Envelope": {
"lowerCorner": [
4981564.425,
397312.889
],
"upperCorner": [
4981828.574,
397715.928
]
}
},
"identifier": {
"value": "BGS_MaltaGeology_20220920111838201",
"codeSpace": "https://msdi2.data.gov.mt/BGS_MaltaGeology_20220920111838201"
},
"mappingFrame": {
"href": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MappingFrameValue/surfaceGeology"
},
"specification": null,
"metaDataProperty": [
{
"about": "gmd:supplementalInformation",
"GenericMetaData": "Method: LiDAR interpretation"
},
{
"about": "gmd:equivalentScale",
"GenericMetaData": "Nominal scale is: 10000"
},
{
"about": "gmd:lineage",
"GenericMetaData": "Data source is: Malta 2018 Lidar"
},
{
"about": "gmd:date",
"GenericMetaData": "Date of publication: 15-12-2022"
},
{
"href": "https://msdi.data.gov.mt/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/f5486fed-dc1e-19fc-e053-0937940aa368",
"title": "INSPIRE dataset metadata"
}
]
}Record 3name: ARTIFICIAL_POLYGON · location: {"LocationString":{"href":"http://public
{
"name": "ARTIFICIAL_POLYGON",
"location": {
"LocationString": {
"href": "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/MLT",
"title": "Malta"
}
},
"boundedBy": {
"Envelope": {
"lowerCorner": [
4981479.291,
397240.834
],
"upperCorner": [
4981951.347,
397753.027
]
}
},
"identifier": {
"value": "BGS_MaltaGeology_20220920111841270",
"codeSpace": "https://msdi2.data.gov.mt/BGS_MaltaGeology_20220920111841270"
},
"mappingFrame": {
"href": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MappingFrameValue/surfaceGeology"
},
"specification": null,
"metaDataProperty": [
{
"about": "gmd:supplementalInformation",
"GenericMetaData": "Method: LiDAR interpretation"
},
{
"about": "gmd:equivalentScale",
"GenericMetaData": "Nominal scale is: 10000"
},
{
"about": "gmd:lineage",
"GenericMetaData": "Data source is: Malta 2018 Lidar"
},
{
"about": "gmd:date",
"GenericMetaData": "Date of publication: 15-12-2022"
},
{
"href": "https://msdi.data.gov.mt/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/f5486fed-dc1e-19fc-e053-0937940aa368",
"title": "INSPIRE dataset metadata"
}
]
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Configuration
- Base URL
- https://haleconnect.com/ows/services/org.1261.b18733fe-15da-42f2-9566-98b1f7f4dfb8_wfs?SERVICE=WFS&Request=GetCapabilities
Query examples
curl -s 'https://haleconnect.com/ows/services/org.1261.b18733fe-15da-42f2-9566-98b1f7f4dfb8_wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetCapabilities' -H 'Accept: application/json'List the feature types (layers) and supported operations.
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