BGS Geosure
- 1:50 000
- Great Britain
- Premium
The BGS GeoSure national datasets provide geological information about potential ground movement or subsidence that can help planning decisions.
Supporting documents:
Key information
- Scale:
- 1:50 000
- Coverage:
- Great Britain
- Availability:
- Premium
- Price:
All six themes: £0.88 per km2
Shrink-swell: £0.34 per km2
Landslides including Debris Flow Model: £0.34 per km2
Soluble rocks: £0.17 per km2
Collapsible deposits: £0.06 per km2
Compressible ground: £0.22 per km2
Running sands: £0.22 per km2
Subject to number of users, licence fee and data preparation fee.
- Format:
- GIS polygon data (ESRI, others available by request)
- Uses:
- Local-level use
- Themes:
- Engineering geology, Hazards
The BGS GeoSure national datasets provide geological information about potential ground movement or subsidence that can help planning decisions. This data also provides essential information for the BGS Natural Ground Stability GeoReport.
BGS GeoSure data gives you information about:
| Geosure dataset | Property hazard information | Sample data |
|---|---|---|
| Collapsible deposits | yes | yes |
| Compressible ground | yes | yes |
| Landslides | yes | yes |
| Running sand | yes | yes |
| Shrink-swell | yes | yes |
| Soluble rocks | yes | yes |
| Debris flow susceptibility model | – | yes |
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