Datasets

Title: Themes: Scale: Coverage: Availability:
BGS Civils: bulking volume Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: corrosivity ferrous Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: discontinuities Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: engineered fill Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: excavatability Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: foundation conditions Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: strength Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: sulfate/sulfide potential Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Geology Geology NA
BGS Geology 10K Geology 1:10 000 Partial Great Britain coverage Licensed
BGS Geology 250K Geology 1:250 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Geology 50K Geology 1:50 000 Most of Great Britain Free / Licensed
BGS Geology 625K Geology 1:625 000 Great Britain and Northern Ireland Free
BGS LithoFrame Geology Varied Great Britain (partial coverage) Licensed
BritPits Mining and minerals N/A Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands Free / Licensed
G-BASE for south-west England Geochemistry N/A SW England Free
G-BASE for the UK: geochemistry Geochemistry N/A Partial UK Coverage Free / Licensed
Geophysical borehole logs Geophysics N/A Various areas in the UK Licensed
Historical planning permission database Mining and minerals 1:50 000 England and Wales Licensed
London Earth Geochemistry Greater London and surrounding area Licensed
Mineral resources Mining and minerals 1:50 000 England, Wales, central belt of Scotland Licensed
Single Onshore Borehole Index (SOBI) Geology N/A Great Britain Free
Soil chemistry for environmental assessments Geochemistry 1:50 000 (or as defined below) Great Britain Licensed
Soil chemistry for environmental assessments FAQs Geochemistry NA
Soil Parent Material Model Geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
South-west England rare earth element stream sediments Geochemistry N/A Partial Great Britain coverage: south-west England Free / Licensed
Superficial thickness 1 km hex grid Geology 1 km hex grid (approx. 1:1 000 000) Great Britain Free
Superficial thickness model Geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
UK and world mineral statistics datasets Mining and minerals N/A Worldwide Free
UK3D Geology 1:625 000 UK Free

From 1 April 2024, BGS will apply a 5 per cent increase to its direct licence fees for all data products. This means that any direct licence issued or renewed on or after 1 April 2024 will reflect this increased price. Existing data licensees will not be affected until such time as their licence is next due for renewal, after 1 April 2024..

BGS has not increased its data product licence fees for many years: this 2024 increase takes into account inflationary and cost pressures faced by BGS, including increased staff costs, and follows a review of Office for National Statistics guidance with regard to inflation and price indices. Going forwards, BGS will undertake annual price reviews and will communicate any future licence fee changes (from 2025) as appropriate.

If you have any queries regarding this matter, please contact the IPR digital team (iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk).

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