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Enviro + Geo Insight - GIS schema: Boreholes

The information below details all definition of each of the layers in the Borehole group within the GeoPackage, defining each data layer, the attributes of the data and their data types, as well as the definitions for any values that use look up tables

BGS Boreholes

Layer name: Boreholes-Boreholes_BGS

This is a point based dataset of the British Geological Survey's Single Onshore Boreholes Index (SOBI) which covers onshore and nearshore boreholes for England, Wales and Scotland. The index includes over one million records of boreholes, shafts and wells from all forms of drilling and site investigation work dating back to at least 1790 and ranging from one to several thousand metres deep. Records include confidentiality status, name, depth and the  web link to the online record.

Geometry: Point

Coverage: England, Scotland and Wales

Schema:

Column Name Data type
gs_id Integer
easting Integer
northing Integer
borehole_name Varchar (100)
length Varchar (15)
confidenti Varchar (1)
bgs_weblink Varchar (255)