#britishgeologicalsurvey — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/uk/803660/ Bill introduced to ensure UK geotechnical data is available to engineers to save billions #Arup #AtkinsRéalis #Britain #BritishGeologicalSurvey #England #Geotechnical #GeotechnicalDataBill #GeotechnicalEngineering #GreatBritain #MikeReader #NationalUndergroundAssetRegister #NorthernIreland #NUAR #Scotland #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@merginmaps/115882726288837536

Woohoo! The case study on how #BritishGeologicalSurvey are using #QGIS and #MerginMaps for our new field data capture system has been published.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@merginmaps/115882726288837536

Woohoo! The case study on how #BritishGeologicalSurvey are using #QGIS and #MerginMaps for our new field data capture system has been published.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@merginmaps/115882726288837536

Woohoo! The case study on how #BritishGeologicalSurvey are using #QGIS and #MerginMaps for our new field data capture system has been published.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@merginmaps/115882726288837536

Woohoo! The case study on how #BritishGeologicalSurvey are using #QGIS and #MerginMaps for our new field data capture system has been published.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@merginmaps/115882726288837536

Woohoo! The case study on how #BritishGeologicalSurvey are using #QGIS and #MerginMaps for our new field data capture system has been published.

@ultrazool @geospacedman @concretedog @ianturton On driving innovation, an opensource licence (especially GPL) and varied consultancies really help this. The @pwramsey quote

"You get what you pay for [with open source], everyone gets what you pay for, and you get what everyone pays for.”

explains it well. #BritishGeologicalSurvey paid @northroadgeo for features in their SLYR plugin and @lutraconsulting for #MerginMaps work. We needed the tools, but everyone can use it. 3/n

@ultrazool @geospacedman @concretedog @ianturton On driving innovation, an opensource licence (especially GPL) and varied consultancies really help this. The @pwramsey quote

"You get what you pay for [with open source], everyone gets what you pay for, and you get what everyone pays for.”

explains it well. #BritishGeologicalSurvey paid @northroadgeo for features in their SLYR plugin and @lutraconsulting for #MerginMaps work. We needed the tools, but everyone can use it. 3/n

@ultrazool @geospacedman @concretedog @ianturton On driving innovation, an opensource licence (especially GPL) and varied consultancies really help this. The @pwramsey quote

"You get what you pay for [with open source], everyone gets what you pay for, and you get what everyone pays for.”

explains it well. #BritishGeologicalSurvey paid @northroadgeo for features in their SLYR plugin and @lutraconsulting for #MerginMaps work. We needed the tools, but everyone can use it. 3/n

@ultrazool @geospacedman @concretedog @ianturton On driving innovation, an opensource licence (especially GPL) and varied consultancies really help this. The @pwramsey quote

"You get what you pay for [with open source], everyone gets what you pay for, and you get what everyone pays for.”

explains it well. #BritishGeologicalSurvey paid @northroadgeo for features in their SLYR plugin and @lutraconsulting for #MerginMaps work. We needed the tools, but everyone can use it. 3/n

@ultrazool @geospacedman @concretedog @ianturton On driving innovation, an opensource licence (especially GPL) and varied consultancies really help this. The @pwramsey quote

"You get what you pay for [with open source], everyone gets what you pay for, and you get what everyone pays for.”

explains it well. #BritishGeologicalSurvey paid @northroadgeo for features in their SLYR plugin and @lutraconsulting for #MerginMaps work. We needed the tools, but everyone can use it. 3/n

@ultrazool @geospacedman @concretedog @ianturton Control and portability are my main arguments for #opensource in #gis.

#BritishGeologicalSurvey swapped from ESRI to #QGIS for field data capture last year. With in-house developers, we could write a Python plugin to do exactly what we want and the licence allows us to share with whomever we want. ArcGIS Field Maps were too simplistic and locked-in. #ResearchSoftwareEngineer movement means Universities increasingly have developers, too. 1/n

#954 H.G. Dines - The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England: Volume 1. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1988, 3rd impression with amendments.

#HGDines #BritishGeologicalSurvey #HMSO #Mining #Geology #Devon #Cornwall #BookOfTheDay

We got our first external contribution to our TACtool software!

TACtool is a desktop GUI tool for planning micro-analysis (e.g. via microprobe or LA-ICP-MS). Users mark the target points, then TACTool produces a CSV of their coordinates to load into the machine.

https://github.com/BritishGeologicalSurvey/tactool

The merge request adds a user guide to loading the CSV into ESI laser control software.

#tactool #britishgeologicalsurvey #opensource #mineralogy #laicpms #microprobe #sem #geology

REMEMBERING WILLIAM SMITH
who died on 28th August 1839 at Hazlerigg House and is buried in St Peter's churchyard, Marefair, #Northampton. For more about William Smith watch this video: https://youtu.be/CoUf1-_Lp54
There's an opportunity to visit both places on Saturday 14th September during Heritage Open Days. #HODS #WilliamSmith #BGS #BritishGeologicalSurvey #OTD

Sinkholes: Why do they keep appearing in the ground? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68445861

#Sinkholes
#Geology
#BritishGeologicalSurvey
#Chalk
#HeavyRain
#Flooding
#CrownHoles
#Industrial
#ArtificialCavities
#Tunnels
#Tunnelling
#Crater

Sinkholes: Why do they keep appearing in the ground? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68445861

#Sinkholes
#Geology
#BritishGeologicalSurvey
#Chalk
#HeavyRain
#Flooding
#CrownHoles
#Industrial
#ArtificialCavities
#Tunnels
#Tunnelling
#Crater

Sinkholes: Why do they keep appearing in the ground? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68445861

#Sinkholes
#Geology
#BritishGeologicalSurvey
#Chalk
#HeavyRain
#Flooding
#CrownHoles
#Industrial
#ArtificialCavities
#Tunnels
#Tunnelling
#Crater

Sinkholes: Why do they keep appearing in the ground? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68445861

#Sinkholes
#Geology
#BritishGeologicalSurvey
#Chalk
#HeavyRain
#Flooding
#CrownHoles
#Industrial
#ArtificialCavities
#Tunnels
#Tunnelling
#Crater

Sinkholes: Why do they keep appearing in the ground? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68445861

#Sinkholes
#Geology
#BritishGeologicalSurvey
#Chalk
#HeavyRain
#Flooding
#CrownHoles
#Industrial
#ArtificialCavities
#Tunnels
#Tunnelling
#Crater

🚨 Attn #UK #Conservation, #History, #Geology, #StoneMason, #Architecture, & #Surveyor peeps!

Together w #BritishGeologicalSurvey, #HistoricEngland has launched a #BuildingStones #database for #England, the country's first online searchable tool featuring over 4,000 types of building stone, their uses & sources, with 45 illustrated guides to the distinctive stone buildings, geology, & #quarries that define local areas.

#BGS #GIS #England #Heritage #Lithology #Histodon

https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/technical-advice/buildings/building-stones-england

Lepidodendron yorkianum from the Carboniferous (from #BritishGeologicalSurvey R.L. Kidston photo collection). Looking similar to one of today's clubmosses http://geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=63645

#clubmosses #FossilFriday #Lepidodendron #palaeobotany #fossil