The BGS have opened up their mapping for free non-commercial access/download. A 1:50000 starting point is http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/services/digmap50wms.html.
Peter K
Peter K
British Geological Survey - open access to maps & data
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RobinGriffiths
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Should be interesting when it actually works. Another layer for cave map mashups I would have thought.
Robin
Robin
RobinGriffiths
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Incidentally, this following quickly on the heels of the OS making 1:25,000 tiles available, has there been some sort of kick up the arse of these agencies by the government?
Robin
Robin
Les W
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RobinGriffiths
Well-known member
Has anyone actually managed to see some geology yet?
dpegg
New member
seems to be working for me, try the web viewer:
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/digMap50viewer/
although i cant seem to find a key so at the moment its just prity colours
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/digMap50viewer/
although i cant seem to find a key so at the moment its just prity colours
I can't get the 1:50000 data to show up using dpegg's link.
I've managed to display it as an image overlay in google earth but its performance mudst be linked to server load.
If anyone wants to try it:
display the relevant area in google earth ( the BGS server may refuse requests if the area displayed is too big - at 13:00 today there was no problem getting about 15 sq km of mapping displayed - approx 5 * 3 km so the limit could be 5 * 5 km )
Then from the menu <Add> - <Image Overlay> and paste the BGS map server address of http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WMSServer? into the Link box (the address of the WMS server) and then click on the "Refresh" tab and then on the "WMS parameters"
Select the BGS server in the top box (if not displayed) and Google earth should connect to the BGS server and download a list of available map layers into the left hand window eg [T] GBR BGS 1:50k Linear features (Style = GBR BGS 1:50k Linear features). Layers are selected for display by adding to the RH Box . Clicking OK takes you back to the image overlay screen where you can:
1 adjust the opacity of the image to show the google earth picture through the overlay
2 Set the view based refresh to "After camera stops" - how long after you stop panning in google earth before the BGS overlay is refreshed
3 the view bound scale - I interpret this as to what percentage of the google earth display has the map displayed on it eg 1=all the screen and 0.1 would be a small rectangle in the centre.
PeterK
I've managed to display it as an image overlay in google earth but its performance mudst be linked to server load.
If anyone wants to try it:
display the relevant area in google earth ( the BGS server may refuse requests if the area displayed is too big - at 13:00 today there was no problem getting about 15 sq km of mapping displayed - approx 5 * 3 km so the limit could be 5 * 5 km )
Then from the menu <Add> - <Image Overlay> and paste the BGS map server address of http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WMSServer? into the Link box (the address of the WMS server) and then click on the "Refresh" tab and then on the "WMS parameters"
Select the BGS server in the top box (if not displayed) and Google earth should connect to the BGS server and download a list of available map layers into the left hand window eg [T] GBR BGS 1:50k Linear features (Style = GBR BGS 1:50k Linear features). Layers are selected for display by adding to the RH Box . Clicking OK takes you back to the image overlay screen where you can:
1 adjust the opacity of the image to show the google earth picture through the overlay
2 Set the view based refresh to "After camera stops" - how long after you stop panning in google earth before the BGS overlay is refreshed
3 the view bound scale - I interpret this as to what percentage of the google earth display has the map displayed on it eg 1=all the screen and 0.1 would be a small rectangle in the centre.
PeterK
bill chadwick
Member
I have added the recently released 1:50K BGS maps of Bedrock, Superficial Deposits and Linear Features to the Mendip Cave map here
http://tinyurl.com/yddxufq
For now, you will have to go to the BGS site here
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/digMap50viewer/
to decode the Bedrock colourings.
Bill
http://tinyurl.com/yddxufq
For now, you will have to go to the BGS site here
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/digMap50viewer/
to decode the Bedrock colourings.
Bill
bill chadwick
Member
On the Mendip Cave map, you can now click on a rock or sediment type to find out what it is.
The link http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/services/digmap50wms.html just worked for me.
Navigation:
From Home page http://www.bgs.ac.uk/home.html take the top right quick link OpenGeoscience http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/home.html then click on Maps centre bottom and you should then see in the "advanced data"
"Users of these and other systems can also view medium scale 50k data using our Web Map Service (WMS)" and click on the blue 50k hyperlink.
Navigation:
From Home page http://www.bgs.ac.uk/home.html take the top right quick link OpenGeoscience http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/home.html then click on Maps centre bottom and you should then see in the "advanced data"
"Users of these and other systems can also view medium scale 50k data using our Web Map Service (WMS)" and click on the blue 50k hyperlink.
I don't belive there is meant to be a "colour key". There are so many rock types in the UK, each requiring its own colour. You can then make mistakes matching the colour on the map to the wrong colour on the key.
Much better to click on the point you are interested in and open the link naming the rock type with no possibility of error?
Much better to click on the point you are interested in and open the link naming the rock type with no possibility of error?
