{"id":99398,"date":"2023-04-25T06:43:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T06:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?p=99398"},"modified":"2024-03-12T09:16:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T09:16:32","slug":"improvements-to-borehole-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/improvements-to-borehole-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvements to borehole delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BGS holds records of 1.5 million boreholes. They are a national asset and are relied upon by various types of users. User improvement is key to enable BGS to deliver the data needed by anyone using subsurface data. Improving the level of information delivered plus improvements in the speed and method of delivery are both crucial for ensuring everyone has access to this valuable dataset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why have we made these improvements?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reviewing the enquiries received to BGS, a common theme preventing easy download of borehole data was the size of the scan. A new API (application programming interface) has been developed to deliver scans by generating multi-page PDFs to provide the data in a more efficient way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of an \u2018image unavailable\u2019 screen, users will have access to all the open borehole data held by the BGS, with no limitation on size.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t