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Reference System

MD_ReferenceSystem:
referenceSystemIdentifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
code:
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Identification

Data Identification:
citation:
Citation:
Title:
Historic Maps Collection
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
2000
Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480472
Abstract:
This dataset comprises 2 collections of maps. The facsmile collection contains all the marginalia information from the original map as well as the map itself, while the georectified collection contains just the map with an associated index for locating them. Each collection comprises approximately 101 000 monochrome images at 6-inch (1:10560) scale. Each image is supplied in .tiff format with appropriate ArcView and MapInfo world files, and shows the topography for all areas of England, Wales and Scotland as either quarter or, in some cases, full sheets. The images will cover the approximate epochs 1880's, 1900's, 1910's, 1920's and 1930's, but note that coverage is not countrywide for each epoch. The data was purchased by BGS from Sitescope, who obtained it from three sources - Royal Geographical Society, Trinity College Dublin and the Ordnance Survey. The data is for internal use by BGS staff on projects, and is available via a customised application created for the network GDI enabling users to search for and load the maps of their choice. The dataset will have many uses across all the geoscientific disciplines across which BGS operates, and should be viewed as a valuable addition to the BGS archive. There has been a considerable amount of work done during 2005, 2006 and 2007 to improve the accuracy of the OS Historic Map Collection. All maps should now be located to +- 50m or better. This is the best that can be achieved cost effectively. There are a number of reasons why the maps are inaccurate. Firstly, the original maps are paper and many are over 100 years old. They have not been stored in perfect condition. The paper has become distorted to varying degrees over time. The maps were therefore not accurate before scanning. Secondly, different generations of maps will have used different surveying methods and different spatial referencing systems. The same geographical object will not necessarily be in the same spatial location on subsequent editions. Thirdly, we are discussing maps, not plans. There will be cartographic generalisations which will affect the spatial representation and location of geographic objects. Finally, the georectification was not done in BGS but by the company from whom we purchased the maps. The company no longer exists. We do not know the methodology used for georectification.
Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3143
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
role:
distributor
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3143
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
role:
originator
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3143
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
role:
pointOfContact
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3143
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
role:
custodian
Resource Maintenance:
MD_MaintenanceInformation:
maint. / update frequency:
notPlanned
Graphic overview:
Browse Graphic:
File Name:
https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/9df8df51-6409-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98.png
Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords:
keyword:
http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept?cp=13&langcode=en&ns=5
keyword:
Geology
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2008-06-01
Date Type:
publication
Keywords:
keyword:
Maps
keyword:
UK Location (INSPIRE)
keyword:
Topography
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2022
Date Type:
revision
Keywords:
keyword:
UK Location (INSPIRE)
keyword:
http://www.data.gov.uk
Type:
dataCentre
Keywords:
keyword:
NERC_DDC
Resource Constraints:
MD_LegalConstraints:
Access Constraints:
otherRestrictions
Other Constraints:
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/INSPIRE_Directive_Article13_1d
Other Constraints:
Internal BGS use/access only at present
MD_LegalConstraints:
Use Constraints:
otherRestrictions
Other Constraints:
The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Other Constraints:
Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.
Spatial Resolution:
Resolution:
Equivalent Scale:
Representative Fraction:
denominator:
10000
language:
eng
topicCategory:
geoscientificInformation
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic Element:
Geographic Bounding Box:
westBoundLongitude:
-9.5000
eastBoundLongitude:
3.6300
southBoundLatitude:
49.7700
northBoundLatitude:
61.4700
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
ENG
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
ENGLAND [id=150000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
SCOTLAND [id=140000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
SCT
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
WALES [id=170000]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
WLS
Temporal Element:
TemporalExtent:
extent:
begin / end:
begin:
1880
end:
before
Supplemental Information:
Dataset is a discrete collection. Future updates unknown. Coverage is not country wide for each series. Consistent within each revision period but inconsitencies may exist between revision periods. Third Party Dataset The images were registered to British National Grid by a methodology that we suspect did not involve a projective transformation from the original Cassini projection.

Distribution

Distribution:
Distribution Format:
Format:
Format Name:
ARCVIEW
Format:
Format Name:
IMAGE
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3143
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
role:
distributor
Transfer Options:
Digital Transfer Options:
onLine:
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/
protocol:
HTTP
name:
BGS Homepage
description:
The BGS Homepage is an entry point to the BGS data services.
function:
information

Data Quality

Data Quality:
Scope:
DQ_Scope:
level:
dataset
Report:
Domain Consistency:
Result:
Conformance Result:
specification:
Citation:
Title:
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
publication
date:
2011
explanation:
See the referenced specification
pass:
0
Domain Consistency:
Result:
Conformance Result:
specification:
Citation:
Title:
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
publication
date:
2010-12-08
explanation:
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
pass:
0
Lineage:
LI_Lineage:
statement:
The data was received from Sitescope on a Firewire disk, loaded onto the Keyworth Cilor server, examined, processed appropriately and a suitable BGS index created. The dataset is available via the network GDI.

Metadata

File Identifier:
9df8df51-6409-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98
language:
eng
Resource type:
dataset
Metadata Contact:
Responsible Party:
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
+44 115 936 3100
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
role:
pointOfContact
Date Stamp:
2024-04-17
Metadata Standard Name:
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M25/current/GEMINI/
Metadata Standard Name:
UK GEMINI
Metadata Standard Version:
2.3
Dataset URI:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480472