Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 10k (DiGMapGB-10) 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. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Onshore coverage is partial with approximately 30% of England, Scotland and Wales available in the version 2 data release. BGS intend to continue developing coverage at this scale; current focus is to include all large priority urban areas, along with road and rail transport corridors. Types of artificial ground include: Infilled ground areas where original geology has been removed and then wholly or partially back filled includes waste or landfill sites. Landscaped ground areas where surface has been reshaped includes former sand and gravel workings for recreation and amenity use. Made ground man made features including embankments and spoil heaps. Reclaimed ground are areas of land fill, where new ground is created, usually in coastal margins, may be for example a consequence of draining of submerged wetlands and beach rebuilding. Worked ground areas where ground has been removed including quarries and road cuttings. Disturbed ground areas of ill-defined shallow or near surface mineral workings where distinction cannot be made between made and worked ground. Whilst artificial ground may not be considered as part of the 'real geology' of bedrock and superficial deposits it does affect them. Artificial ground impacts on the near surface ground conditions which are important to human activities and economic development. Due to the constantly changing nature of land use and re-use/redevelopment caution must be exercised when using this data as it represents a snapshot in time rather than an evolving picture hence the data may become dated very rapidly. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles and are available under BGS data licence.
dataset
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/digitalmaps/digmapgb.html
function: information
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13606393
eng
OGP
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
geoscientificInformation
publication
2008-06-01
Digital maps
GIS
Maps
Geology
Data
revision
2011
NERC_DDC
-8.6500
1.7800
60.8600
49.7700
revision
2009
GBN
creation
1979
GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]
2012
creation
2012
notPlanned
The data shows artificial ground polygons, for further lineage information see Digital Geological Map of Great Britain, information notes, 2013, http://www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/start.cfm?id=644
publication
2011
false
See the referenced specification
publication
2010-12-08
false
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
ESRI shapefiles
Not entered
The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section (DigitalLE@bgs.ac.uk) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage.
otherRestrictions
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100 Ex:3600
pointOfContact
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3143
+44 115 936 3276
distributor
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100 Ex:3146
author
NERC-BGS Team Leader Basline Products
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100 Ex:3146
pointOfContact
2018-08-24