BGS OGC API Features (BETA)

Name: BGS OGC API Features (BETA)
Creator: British Geological Survey

British Geological Survey

Licence: Open, with conditions
Cost: Free, conditions apply
Account needed: Unclear
Harvestable: Automated

What it contains

20 collections. Enumerated: scanned-maps-1m, scanned-maps-500k, scanned-maps-250k, bgsgeology625kbedrock, bgsgeology625kdykes, bgsgeology625kfaults, bgsgeology625ksuperficial, aeromag, historicalearthquakes, recentearthquakes, landslideindex, onshoreboreholeindex, agsboreholeindex, geomag-observatory-index, offshore-survey-overview, offshore-factor-map-bsl, offshore-factor-map-qdsl, offshore-factor-map-qdt (+2 not enumerable). Geothermal-relevant: onshoreboreholeindex (SOBI), agsboreholeindex (AGS geotechnical logs), aeromag (basement/granite for EGS), bgsgeology625k* (play framework). Also exposes /processes, /jobs, /TileMatrixSets.

When you need it

Useful at these project stages, from the working group's stage matrix:

Strategic Definition

Matched on: Geological maps
Assigned by: Matched to data items the matrix names

Coverage and detail

Geographic: UK
Nations: UK-wide
Formats: GeoJSON, GeoJSON-LD, CSV, HTML, vector tiles
Update cadence: Varies by collection

Access and machine route

Licence as stated: BGS: 'most datasets published under Open Government Licence. Users should verify licensing requirements in metadata records.'
Assertion source: as published by British Geological Survey
Protocol: OGC API Features
Endpoint: https://ogcapi.bgs.ac.uk/collections
Harvest note: yes-automated note recorded in the machine_endpoint field: OpenAPI conformance

Caveats

BGS verbatim: 'this is a BETA API where endpoints may change and downtime could occur unexpectedly.' NO geothermal-specific collection exists here - geothermal lives in the ArcGIS UKGTP estate. f=csv is only supported on /items, not on /collections (400).

Classification

Category: Resource & Subsurface
Sub-category: 1.1 Geological framework & structure
Assigned by: Stated by the source
Depth domain: Deeper than 1000 m
Technology: EGS
Data form: Borehole record, Tabular, Vector
Evidence confidence: Not yet assessed. Only a person can set this.

How current this entry is

Last updated here: 2026-09-22
Last checked against the holder: 2026-09-07
Checked by a person: Not yet. Nobody has read this entry.
Catalogue id: bgs-ogc-api-features-beta

Open at British Geological Survey

Open, but conditions apply. Check before use.

Resolved A server answered on 2026-09-08 and returned the expected page. Checked by automated request, not in a browser. A site can answer a script and still fail for a reader, so treat this as a weak signal.

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British Geological Survey. BGS OGC API Features (BETA). Accessed via UK Geothermal Data Catalogue, https://catalogue.geothermaluk.org/id/bgs-ogc-api-features-beta/. Record bgs-ogc-api-features-beta.