GeoIndex WMS services
GeoIndex datasets are 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 services.
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.
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 below. Please note that the geology data included in GeoIndex are available from separate WMS services.
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The BGS provides no warranty as to the quality, accuracy, completeness of this free map data or the medium on which it is supplied. This includes any warranty as to the continued provision of material or that the material taken from this site is compatible with your computer system and/or any other data with which the material is to be used.
Help!
Tutorial videos showing how to include a WMS in an ArcGIS or MapInfo project.
Can't use WMS?
Try the GeoIndex viewer if you are unable to use a WMS service.
Service addresses
Enter the addresses below into your WMS client.
Boreholes
http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndexLite/boreholes/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about the boreholes theme
Civil engineering
http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndexLite/civil_engineering/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about the civil engineering theme
Collections
http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndexLite/collections/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about the collections theme
Hazards
http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndexLite/hazards/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about the hazards theme
Geochemistry
http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndexLite/geochemistry/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about the geochemistry theme
Geophysics
http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndexLite/geophysics/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about the geophysics theme
Landsat
http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndexLite/landsat/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about the landsat theme
Local government
http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndexLite/local_government/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about the local government theme
Map products
http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndexLite/products/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about the map products theme
Minerals
http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndexLite/minerals/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about the minerals theme
Offshore
http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndex/GeoIndex_Offshore_UK/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about the offshore theme
Offshore (cultural data)
http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndex/GeoIndex_Offshore_Cultural/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about the offshore (cultural data) theme
Offshore (MEDIN oil and gas industry site surveys)
http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/GeoIndex/GeoIndex_Offshore_Medin_WMS/MapServer/WMSServer
More details about offshore MEDIN oil and gas industry site surveys
