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Sites_of_Geological_Interest_AD (FeatureServer)

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Service Description: Geological Heritage Sites are important as they provide clues to our past and help us to find out how the earth has evolved. It is vital that they are recorded and protected. Geological heritage includes our natural history and scenic sites such as caves, mountains and coastal areas. They are vital for learning purposes. The sites are real life examples which show the processes of how our landscape was created and so help us understand the principles of geology. The data is a useful resource to all levels of education from school children and on to third level colleges and research. Future research which may help to resolve current problems, is possible only if these sites exist for future study. Local authorities use the data to promote these sites as places to visit. Also, the data is of use to the tourism sector. The sites attract tourists which in turn supports local businesses and brings in money to local communities.

Service ItemId: f34eeb284e7d4b4395e80d056ca89d52

Has Versioned Data: false

Max Record Count: 2000

Supported query Formats: JSON

Supports applyEdits with GlobalIds: False

Supports Shared Templates: False

Source Schema Changes Allowed: true

Has Views: true

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Geological heritage or ‘geoheritage’is the term used to describe sites or places with features of geology that have important scientific, educational, cultural, or visual value. There are many types of sites. They are made from past and present geological processes (wearing away and building up of rocks and soils). They are a window into the past and present changes to the earth.

The Geoheritage sites are called ‘county geological sites’(CGS). The geology is divided into 16 themes (groups). The best sites are chosen from each group by theme experts. After this, each site is checked to make sure it is the best example. Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) does this together with the Heritage Council and Local Authorities.

The data is collected on a county by county basis with detailed site audits. Before each site is visited all known geological data for the county is checked. Next, each site is visited to record: the key geological features; whether the site can be accessed by the public; if the site is suitable to be promoted for tourism or education; and general condition. The site’s key features are recorded, mapped and photographed.

The data shown on the map was collected on paper during each site visit. Afterwards the data was digitised. The site locations were recorded on site using a GPS system.

This Geoheritage audited sites map is to the scale 1:50,000 (1cm on the map relates to a distance of 500m).

It is a vector dataset. Vector data portray the world using points, lines, and polygons (areas). The Geoheritage audited sites are shown as polygons. Each polygonholds information on the following fields:

  • SITECODE (a unique site identification number)

  • SITENAME (the name of the site)

  • IGH THEME (the geological theme number under which the site is identified)

  • COUNTY (the county in which the site is located)

  • DESCRIPTION (a short description of the site)

  • GEOLOGICAL (a short description of the qualifying geological features of the site)

  • DESIGNATION (the geological designation or proposed status of the site)

  • REPORT (a link to the associated detailed site report)

  • X_IG, Y_IG (site location using Irish National Grid coordinates)

  • X_ITM, Y_ITM (site location using Irish TransverseMercator coordinates)



Copyright Text: Contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

Spatial Reference: 102100 (3857)

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Units: esriMeters

Child Resources:   Info

Supported Operations:   Query   ConvertFormat   Get Estimates