{"id":7591,"date":"2020-06-19T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=technology&#038;p=7591"},"modified":"2022-05-16T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T14:31:21","slug":"web-map-services-wms","status":"publish","type":"technology","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/","title":{"rendered":"Web map services (WMS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Web map services (WMS)<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Technologies<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Web%20map%20services%20(WMS)&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Web%20map%20services%20(WMS)&#038;body=A%20standard%20method%20of%20providing%20map%20images%20that%20can%20be%20viewed%20in%20GIS%20software,%20virtual%20globes%20and%20portal-style%20websites%20using%20a%20map-based%20interface.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>The datasets below are made available as&nbsp;Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opengeospatial.org\/standards\/wms\">web map services<\/a> (WMS). They can also be accessed by websites that use a map-based interface to connect to WMS, allowing data from different providers to be visualised spatially and compared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of these services contribute to the BGS complying with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/collaborations\/inspire\/\">EU INSPIRE<\/a> directive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To comply with cyber security accreditations required of UK government organisations, changes are being made to our OGC Web Map Services (WMS) at 17:00 on Tuesday 17<sup>th<\/sup> May 2022. As a result, some WMS clients may no longer be able to connect to our WMS services. For example, we are aware that this affects older versions of Esri\u2019s ArcMAP (version 10.5.1 and earlier). Where possible, please update to the latest version of the product to continue using our services. If you have any questions or are experiencing difficulties connecting to our WMS services using other clients then please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:enquiries@bgs.ac.uk\">enquiries@bgs.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to view a WMS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WMS must be viewed in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/technologies\/\">compatible software<\/a>. Tutorial videos showing how to include a WMS in an&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2q9lBosmXQ4\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArcGIS<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BZMa1pZCVDk\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MapInfo<\/a>&nbsp;project are provided. To view WMS in other systems, please refer to their documentation.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Terms of use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This data is delivered under the terms of the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/doc\/open-government-licence\/version\/3\/\">Open Government Licence<\/a>, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: &#8216;Contains British Geological Survey materials \u00a9 UKRI [year]&#8217;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/contact-the-digital-team\/\">Contact us<\/a> if you create something new and innovative that could benefit others. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-3111-block_5e57cea67d3cc\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background-b   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/web-map-services-geology-50k\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_50k-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS Geology 50k WMS\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_50k.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/web-map-services-geology-50k\/\">BGS Geology 50K WMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 1:50 000-scale geological maps for England, Wales and Scotland and have been made available to view as a WMS service. Layers for bedrock, superficial deposits and geological linear features are included.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/web-map-services-geology-50k\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/web-map-services-geology-625k\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_625k-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS Geology 625k WMS\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_625k.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/web-map-services-geology-625k\/\">BGS Geology 625K and 1:1 million offshore sediments WMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These geological maps provide UK onshore geological data at 1:625 000 scale and UK continental shelf sea-bed sediment data at 1:1 million scale as a WMS.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/web-map-services-geology-625k\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/soil-property-data-wms\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_soils_environmental-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS Soil chemistry for environmental assessments\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_soils_environmental.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/soil-property-data-wms\/\">Soil property data WMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS soil property data is made available here to view as a WMS service. Data layers include top soil, soil texture, and soil parent material.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/soil-property-data-wms\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/web-map-services-wms-offshore-marine\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_marine-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS WMS offshore marine\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_marine.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/web-map-services-wms-offshore-marine\/\">Offshore marine WMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 1:250 000-scale offshore geological maps in the Universal Transverse Mercator projection (UTM) series have been made available to view as a WMS.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/web-map-services-wms-offshore-marine\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/advanced-soil-geochemical-atlas-wms\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_soil_geochemical-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS WMS soil geochemical atlas\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_soil_geochemical.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/advanced-soil-geochemical-atlas-wms\/\">Advanced soil geochemical atlas WMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These advanced soil geochemistry maps are based on surface soil samples from England and Wales hat have been analysed for 52 major and trace elements.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/advanced-soil-geochemical-atlas-wms\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/contaminants-wms\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_UK-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS Web map services\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_UK.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/contaminants-wms\/\">Normal background concentrations of contaminants WMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Domain polygons for data on normal background concentrations of contaminants in English soils have been provided as a WMS.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/contaminants-wms\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/hires1-wms\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_hires1l-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS WMS HiRes1 airborne geophysical data\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_hires1l.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/hires1-wms\/\">HiRes1 airborne geophysical data WMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>High-resolution, airborne magnetic, radiometric, VLF survey data is provided as a WMS. he data comprises multichannel gamma ray spectrometer, magnetometer and dual frequency VLF-EM.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/hires1-wms\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/radon-data-wms\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_WMS_radon-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS WMS Radon\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_WMS_radon.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/radon-data-wms\/\">Indicative atlas of radon in Great Britain WMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Public Health England and the BGS have published a map showing where high levels of radon are more likely, which is provided as a web map service (WMS).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/radon-data-wms\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/open-loop-ground-source-heat-pump-viability-screening-map-wms\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_wms_open-loop-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS WMS Open-loop ground source heat pump\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_wms_open-loop.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/open-loop-ground-source-heat-pump-viability-screening-map-wms\/\">Open-loop ground-source heat pump viability WMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This web-based tool provides an indication of whether suitable conditions exist in a given area for open-loop ground-source heat pumps.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/open-loop-ground-source-heat-pump-viability-screening-map-wms\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/tellussw-airborne-geophysical-data-wms\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_tellusSWl-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS WMS Tellus Airborne geophysical data\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_tellusSWl.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/tellussw-airborne-geophysical-data-wms\/\">TellusSW airborne geophysical data WMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The TellusSW airborne geophysical magnetics and radiometrics data for the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset are provided as a WMS.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/tellussw-airborne-geophysical-data-wms\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/web-map-services-ground-stability\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_groundstability-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS WMS Ground Stability\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_WMS_groundstability.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/web-map-services-ground-stability\/\">Natural ground stability WMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sample data from our 1:50 000-scale natural ground stability data product for the Kilmarnock and Loughborough map sheets provided as part of the OneGeology Europe project.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/web-map-services-ground-stability\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/geoindex-wms-services\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GeoIndex_patchwork-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"GeoIndex layers\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GeoIndex_patchwork.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/web-map-services-wms\/geoindex-wms-services\/\">GeoIndex WMS<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GeoIndex datasets have been made available as WMS. 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