Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIGS) in Greater Manchester

The Greater Manchester RIGS Group operates the RIGS register from within the offices of the Greater Manchester Ecology Unit (GMEU). This dataset contains all current RIGS boundaries, including the name of each site, the relevant Local Authority and its defining features.

RIGS are non-statutory areas of substantive geological or geomorphological importance within the county of Greater Manchester. The RIGS system is designed to establish and highlight to planners, landowners and site managers where areas of high geodiversity interest occur so that appropriate decisions on planning applications, land use and land management can be made.

Full RIGS citations including information and descriptions of features of interest on each site can be obtained from GMRIGS Group if required.

This dataset is a copy of the master RIGS register for Greater Manchester, which is maintained by the GMRIGS Group as a MapInfo TAB file. This dataset is updated whenever a new site is designated, a site is de-designated or a boundary is altered.

曼彻斯特大都会RIGS小组在曼彻斯特生态单位（GMEU）的办公地点管理RIGS登记册。该数据集包含了所有当前的RIGS边界信息，包括每个地点的名称、相关地方当局及其特征描述。RIGS（岩石与地形重要区域）是指在大曼彻斯特郡内具有实质性地质或地形重要性的非法定区域。RIGS系统旨在为规划者、土地所有者和场地管理者明确指出高地质多样性兴趣区域，以便作出适当的规划申请、土地利用和土地管理决策。如需获取包括每个地点感兴趣特征信息和描述的完整RIGS引用，可从GMRIGS小组处获得。该数据集是大曼彻斯特RIGS主登记册的副本，由GMRIGS小组以MapInfo TAB文件格式维护。每当有新地点被指定、地点被取消指定或边界发生变更时，该数据集将进行更新。