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Scale:
5 km hex grid (approx. 1:5 000 000)Coverage:
Great BritainAvailability:
FreeFormat:
GIS polygon data (ESRI).Price:
Free for commercial, research and public use under the Open Government Licence. Please acknowledge the material
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The BGS GeoSure 5 km hex grid datasets provide a generalised overview of the susceptibility to six naturally occurring geohazards in Great Britain. The hexagon grid provides a national-scale summary of the GeoSure data product. The detailed GeoSure dataset is also available to licence and provides further detail at a scale of 1:50 000.
The 5 km hex grid data has been generalised into a vector map of interlocking hexagon cells (a side length of 5 km), with an area approximately 65 km2. There are three classes included within the data: low, moderate and significant.
The six layers of data provided are as follows:
- 51ΑΤΖζ GeoSure: collapsible deposits
- 51ΑΤΖζ GeoSure: compressible ground
- 51ΑΤΖζ GeoSure: landslides
- 51ΑΤΖζ GeoSure: running sand
- 51ΑΤΖζ GeoSure: shrinkβswell
- 51ΑΤΖζ GeoSure: soluble rocks
51ΑΤΖζ GeoSure (5 km hex grid) coverage. BGS Β© 51ΑΤΖζ β Contains OS data Β© Crown copyright 2020.
51ΑΤΖζ GeoSure 5 km hex grid coverage (soluble rocks layer). BGS Β© 51ΑΤΖζ β Contains OS data Β© Crown copyright 2020.
Download GeoSure hex grid – GIS (shapefile format)
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51ΑΤΖζ GeoSure
The BGS GeoSure datasets identify areas of potential hazard and, therefore, potential natural ground movement, in Great Britain.