GeoIndex WMS

GeoIndex datasets have been made available as Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) web map services (WMS). View in compatible software or in portal-style websites that use a map-based interface to connect to WMS.

These web services allow you to bring the GeoIndex data layers into your own mapping software (GIS systems, etc.) to be viewed and compared alongside your own data and data from other providers.

Service addresses

GeoIndex web services support WMS 1.3.0 and WMS 1.1.1. The addresses you need to connect to the data from the various Geoindex themes are provided.

Enter the addresses below into your WMS client.

Please note occassionally we have to change the address of these services. Please make sure you are using the latest versions. Support cannot be guaranteed for previous versions.

Boreholes
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/boreholes/MapServer/WmsServer

AGS Boreholes
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/AGS/AGS_Export/MapServer/WMSServer

Collections
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/collections/MapServer/WmsServer

Hazards
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/hazards/MapServer/WmsServer

Geochemistry
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/geochemistry/MapServer/WmsServer

Geophysics
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/geophysics/MapServer/WmsServer

Map products
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/products/MapServer/WmsServer

Hydrogeology
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/hydrogeology/MapServer/WmsServer

Offshore
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Offshore/offshore_data/MapServer/WmsServer

Mineral resources https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/minerals_wms/MapServer/WmsServer

WMS updated with revised layers (12/04/2017)

More details about the offshore theme

21st Century Roadmap Palaeozoic
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Offshore/21CXRM/MapServer/WmsServer
More details about the 21CXRM Palaeozoic Project

Offshore (cultural data)
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Offshore/offshore_cultural/MapServer/WmsServer
More details about the offshore (cultural data) theme

Need help?

We have tutorial videos showing you how to include a WMS in:

• ArcGIS
• MapInfo 

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