INSPIRE Geology of Catalonia

Physical properties and composition of geologic materials (rocks and sediments), their structure and their age as depicted in the Geological map 1:250,000, as well as geomorphological features, boreholes and hydrogeological units of Catalonia. This data set is conforming to the technical specifications of INSPIRE Geology (and Hydrogeology).

Date (Creation): 2022-12-02

Identifier: IDEC / inspire-geologia

Purpose: Detecting geo-hazards; ensuring the safe disposal of wastes, carbon capture and storage; ensuring the safe construction of buildings; providing information for environmental planning; providing information for natural resources exploration; vulnerability of the underground to contamination; providing indicators for climatic change; providing construction material and minerals.

Owner

Cartographic and Geologic Institute of Catalonia

https://www.icgc.cat

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

IDEC - llocs

Catalonia
Spain
Europe

Spatial Scope

Regional

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No limitations

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 250000

Metadata language: Catalan; Valencian

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Description: Spatial extent covers all Catalonia. Temporal extent refers to the interval of dates of the sources information.

Begin date: 2021-11-16

End date: 2022-11-18

Unique resource identifier: Geographic ETRS89 (EPSG:4258)

Distribution format

GML ( 3.2 )

Specification

INSPIRE Data Specification on Geology - Technical Guidelines

Distributor

Cartographic and Geologic Institute of Catalonia

https://www.icgc.cat

OnLine resource: INSPIRE OGC API Features download service ( OGC API-Features )
Access point

OnLine resource: INSPIRE ATOM Download Service ( ATOM Syndication Format )
Access point

OnLine resource: INSPIRE WMS view service ( OGC Web Map Service )
Access point

OnLine resource: Technical specifications
Access point

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Name of measure: Compliance with INSPIRE requirements (data)

Evaluation method description: The compliance of the data is evaluated using the "INSPIRE Reference Validator" web tool.

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2014-12-31

Explanation: Conformant

Pass: Yes

Domain consistency

Name of measure: Compliance with INSPIRE requirements (metadata)

Evaluation method description: The compliance of the metadata is evaluated using the "INSPIRE Reference Validator" web tool.

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2008-12-04

Explanation: Conformant

Pass: Yes

Statement: Transformation of the Geologic database of Catalonia 1:250,000 and the Hydrogeological units of Catalonia 1:50,000 to the INSPIRE model of Geology and Hydrogeology respectively.

Description: BGeologic database of Catalonia 1:250,000

Description: Hydrogeological units of Catalonia 1:50,000

File identifier: inspire-geologia XML

Metadata language: Spanish; Castilian

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2025-09-03

Metadata standard name: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008

Metadata standard version: Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE dataset and service metadata based on ISO/TS 19139:2007. Version 2.1.1

Point of contact

Spatial Data Infrastructure of Catalonia

https://www.ide.cat