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BGS-UKHO Mapping Agreement
01 Aug 2006
The UK Hydrographic Office, whose new chief executive Mike Robinson assumed office last month (see inset), has signed an agreement with British Geological Survey for joint production of new digital seabed geological maps covering UK continental shelf regions.
Maps will complement existing national map products available from the BGS and will provide an order of magnitude higher resolution detail of seabed character and bedforms.
Geological components of new maps will be based on seabed samples and boreholes as well as seismic, sidescan and multibeam data held by both organisations.
The initial phase of the agreement is already operational and will help improve and develop standards for interpretation of data along with defining seabed and coastal zone characterisation. The first maps to be released will cover part of the East Anglian coast out to around 20km and will be based on analysis at 1:50,000 or larger scales. Future progress, say both organisations, will be governed by user demand with its rate being determined by stakeholder support. Data will eventually form part of a proposed National Seabed Survey programme.
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