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We are updating iGeology; the smartphone App that lets you take a geological map of Britain with you wherever you go.
What should we include in the next version?
Please can you can help us by completing this survey so that we can build a better product.
Thanks from the iGeology Team
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New and updated content.
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The BGS national Infiltration SuDS Map provides an assessment of the suitability of the subsurface for the installation of infiltration sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). The map allows users to determine the properties of the subsurface with respect to the:
- presence of constraints that must be considered prior to planning infiltration SuDS
- drainage potential of the ground
- potential for ground instability when water is infiltrated
- protection of groundwater quality
To demonstrate the type and range of data incorporated into the map, a sample is provided below. The drop-down menu allows you to select a data layer, which can then be interrogated by clicking on the Infiltration SuDS Map demo
The infiltration SuDS Map is intended for use by planners, water companies and developers, but also for SuDS approval bodies within local authorities, where it could be used to assess incoming SuDS planning applications.
The Infiltration SuDS Map has full coverage across Great Britain (excluding the Isle of Man) and will be available as a licensable dataset from March 2012.
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Exploration and production of shale gas from onshore UK requires the operator to obtain licenses from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
The operator must also meet a number of strict regulatory requirements set by the Environment Agency (EA) or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) in Scotland).
The operator must also obtain planning permission from the relevant local authority to permit the surface operations required to explore for and extract shale gas.).
More about Permitting and regulation of shale gas operations
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The BGS is a data-rich organisation with over 400 datasets in its care including environmental monitoring data, digital databases, physical collections (borehole core, rocks, minerals and fossils), records and archives.
Search our data collections for our free services in OpenGeoscience, our licensed datasets in Digital products or our premium data services including GeoRecords or GeoReports.
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Recently, a collection of 'unregistered fossil plants' was found in one of the Survey's windowless vaults in Keyworth, in central England.
These comprise hundreds of beautiful thin sections of fossil wood dating from the early nineteenth century.
The collection was assembled by botanist Joseph Hooker (Darwin's best friend) while he was briefly employed by the Survey in 1846.
More about Joseph Hooker
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The BGS is working with industry and academia to develop geoscience tools for strategic railway planning and performance monitoring that includes:
Efficient rail performance requires that constant and level rail track geometry be maintained. The geotechnical properties of the subgrade — the native material or bedrock underneath the track — exert huge control over the performance of our railway network.
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The Digital Integrated Stratigraphy Project (DISP) is a web-based, open access, digital resource for stratigraphy.
The project aims to eliminate stratigraphic ambiguity associated with sample position within a stratigraphic section.
More about the Digital Integrated Stratigraphy Project
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