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ISO-19139 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata language: eng

Metadata character set: utf8

Last update: 2024-05-21

Metadata maintenance:

Update frequency: asNeeded

Metadata constraints:

General constraints:

Limitations of use: Data that is produced directly by the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) is free for use under the conditions of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcodeData that is produced directly by the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI) is free for use under the conditions of the UK Open Government Licence v3.0.http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/Under the CC-BY Licence, users must acknowledge the source of the Information in their product or application.Please use this specific attribution statement: "Contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.”Under the UK Open Government Licence users must acknowledge the source of the Information in their product or application. Please use this specific attribution statement: “Contains UK public sector information (Geological Survey of Northern Ireland) licensed under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0.”In cases where it is not practical to use the statement users may include a URI or hyperlink to a resource that contains the required attribution statement.

Metadata constraints:

Security constraints:

Classification: unclassified

Metadata contact:

Role: pointOfContact

Individual's name: Information Management

Organization's name: Geological Survey Ireland

Contact's position: Head of Information Management

Contact information:

Phone:

Voice: +353-1-6782896

Address:

Delivery point: Block 1, Booterstown Hall, Booterstown, Blackrock
City: Dublin
Postal code: A94 N2R6
Country: IE
e-mail address: support@geodata.gov.ie

Online resource:

Name of resource: GSI Website
Online location: https://www.gsi.ie
Connection protocol: text/html
Function performed: information
Description: GSI Website

Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset

Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119

Version of the metadata standard: V. 2.0.1

Metadata identifier: MD_GE_GeologicUnit_IE_GeologicalSurveyIreland_BedrockGeologyDatasets_1M_Ireland_ITM

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:

Title:

Date:

Reference date - publication: 2014-12-31

Presentation format: mapDigital

Citation identifier:

Value: GE_GeologicUnit_IE_GeologicalSurveyIreland_BedrockGeologyDatasets_1M_Ireland_ITM

Identifier authority citation:

Title: geodata.gov.ie

Date:

Reference date - publication: 2014-12-31

Edition: 2018

Cited responsible party:

Role: pointOfContact

Individual's name: Geological Mapping

Organization's name: Geological Survey Ireland

Contact's position: Head of Geological Mapping

Contact information:

Phone:

Voice: +353-1-6782896

Address:

Delivery point: Block 1, Booterstown Hall, Booterstown, Blackrock
City: Dublin
Postal code: A94 N2R6
Country: IE
e-mail address: support@geodata.gov.ie

Online resource:

Name of resource: GSI Website
Online location: https://www.gsi.ie
Connection protocol: text/html
Function performed: information
Description: GSI Website

Themes or categories of the resource: environment, geoscientificInformation, location

Descriptive keywords:

Place keywords:

Keywords: Ireland

Keyword thesaurus:

Title:

Alternate title: MDR-COUNTRIES

Date:

Reference date - publication: 2015-03-18

Edition: 20200624-0

Descriptive keywords:

Theme keywords:

Keywords: Geology

Keyword thesaurus:

Title:

Alternate title: GEMET INSPIRE

Date:

Reference date - publication: 2008-06-01

Descriptive keywords:

Keyword type not provided

Keywords: IE/GSI

Keyword thesaurus:

Title:

Alternate title: GCMD Data Center Keywords

Date:

Reference date - publication: 2016-08-04

Edition: 9.1.5

Descriptive keywords:

Keyword type not provided

Keywords: National

Keyword thesaurus:

Title:

Date:

Reference date - publication: 2019-05-22

Abstract: Bedrock is the solid rock at or below the land surface. Over much of Ireland, the bedrock is covered by materials such as soil and gravel. The Bedrock map shows what the land surface of Ireland would be made up of if these materials were removed. As the bedrock is commonly covered, bedrock maps are an interpretation of the available data. Geologists map and record information on the composition and structure of rock outcrops (rock which can be seen on the land surface) and boreholes (a deep narrow round hole drilled in the ground). Areas are drawn on a map to show the distribution of rocks. To produce this dataset, the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) bedrock geology 1:500,000 and 1:100,000 maps were generalised. The Northern Irish data was generalised using the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI) 1:250,000 bedrock geology map.This map is to the scale 1:1,000,000. This means it should be viewed at that scale. When printed at that scale 1cm on the map relates to a distance of 10km.It is a vector dataset. Vector data portray the world using points, lines, and polygons (areas).The bedrock data is shown as polygons. Each polygon holds information on the rock unit name, age and there is a link to download a pdf of the age description.The faults show the details of the structural geology. Faults are the result of great pressure being applied to rock across a whole continent or more. These rocks will break under the pressure, forming faults. Faults are recorded as lines where the break in the rock meets the surface. To produce this dataset, the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) bedrock geology 1:500,000 and 1:100,000 faults were generalised. The Northern Irish data was generalised using the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI) 1:250,000 bedrock geology faults map.This map is to the scale 1:1,000,000. This means it should be viewed at that scale. When printed at that scale 1cm on the map relates to a distance of 10km.It is a vector dataset. Vector data portray the world using points, lines, and polygons (areas).The faults data is shown as lines. Each line holds information on the fault name if one exists.

Purpose: Knowing the structure and type of bedrock is vital in many areas of our lives. Faults are vital information that is needed alongside bedrock geology maps to provide information on the structure of rocks. Bedrock maps help us locate groundwater sources which can be used to supply drinking water. Rock properties and structures such as faults impact how water and/or pollutants move below the surface. Drinking water can be protected by locating potential polluting operations, such as landfills, away from groundwater. Geothermal energy is the energy stored in the form of heat beneath the surface of the earth. It can be used to supply heat and hot water. It can also be used to cool a house by removing surplus heat energy and putting it into the ground. Bedrock maps along with subsoil and aquifer maps are used to help decide if the ground under a site is suitable for geothermal energy extraction. Engineers need this information when they are designing structures (houses, buildings, roads, etc.). They need to know the quality of the ground (strength and depth of soil, if rock and or groundwater is present) and how structures can be built in and on it. They use the information to decide the best supports and foundations needed for structures so that they don’t collapse. They can also find out if there are any underground obstructions, groundwater, faults etc which could result in additional costs or delays. Bedrock maps are used to find sites suitable for the extraction of valuable mineral deposits. Nearly all of the metals we use today are extracted from a number of minerals that different rocks are made up of.

Dataset language:eng

Dataset character set: utf8

Status: completed

Resource maintenance:

Update frequency: notPlanned

Resource constraints:

General constraints:

Limitations of use: Data that is produced directly by the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) is free for use under the conditions of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcodeData that is produced directly by the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI) is free for use under the conditions of the UK Open Government Licence v3.0.http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/Under the CC-BY Licence, users must acknowledge the source of the Information in their product or application.Please use this specific attribution statement: "Contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.”Under the UK Open Government Licence users must acknowledge the source of the Information in their product or application. Please use this specific attribution statement: “Contains UK public sector information (Geological Survey of Northern Ireland) licensed under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0.”In cases where it is not practical to use the statement users may include a URI or hyperlink to a resource that contains the required attribution statement.

Resource constraints:

Legal constraints:

Use constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints:

Resource constraints:

Legal constraints:

Access constraints: otherRestrictions
Other constraints:

Resource constraints:

Security constraints:

Classification: unclassified

Spatial representation type: vector

Processing environment: Esri ArcGIS 12.6.3.24783

Spatial resolution:

Equivalent scale:

Scale denominator: 1000000

Spatial resolution:

Ground sample distance: 10000

Units: m

Resource extent:

Geographic element:

Bounding rectangle:

West longitude: -10.8747821621682
East longitude: -5.3699458793312
North latitude: 55.4374689229688
South latitude: 51.4010261892755

Temporal element:

Temporal extent:

Beginning date: 1845-05-22T00:00:00
Ending date: 2014-12-31T00:00:00
Object GML ID: N66367

Resource extent:

Geographic element:

Bounding rectangle:

Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -10.902858
East longitude: -5.875165
North latitude: 55.449228
South latitude: 51.399901

Credits: Geological Survey Ireland & Geological Survey of Northern Ireland

Resource point of contact:

Role: pointOfContact

Individual's name: Geological Mapping

Organization's name: Geological Survey Ireland

Contact's position: Head of Geological Mapping

Contact information:

Phone:

Voice: +353-1-6782896

Address:

Delivery point: Block 1, Booterstown Hall, Booterstown, Blackrock
City: Dublin
Postal code: A94 N2R6
Country: IE
e-mail address: support@geodata.gov.ie

Online resource:

Name of resource: GSI Website
Online location: https://www.gsi.ie
Connection protocol: text/html
Function performed: information
Description: GSI Website

Spatial Representation

Vector Data

Level of topology for this dataset: geometryOnly

Geometric objects:

Object type: composite
Object count: 25959

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier:

Value: 2157

Identifier authority citation:

Title:

Alternate title: EPSG

Date:

Reference date - publication: 2004-04-07

Edition: 9.8.12

Code space: EPSG

Version: 6.5.1(8.1.2)

Data Quality

Scope of quality information:

Level of the data:dataset

Resource lineage:

Lineage statement: Please read how the Bedrock Geology 1:100,000 and 1:500,000 scale maps were created. Please read how the GSNI 250K Geology scale map was created. https://www.opendatani.gov.uk/dataset/gsni-250k-geology

Data quality report:

Domain consistency:

Data quality result:

Conformance test results:

Test passed: false

Meaning of the result: The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.

Test specification:

Title:

Alternate title: D2.8.II.4 Data Specification on Geology - Technical Guidelines

Date:

Reference date - publication: 2010-12-08

Data quality report:

Domain consistency:

Data quality result:

Conformance test results:

Test passed: false

Meaning of the result: See the reference specification

Test specification:

Title:

Alternate title: Regulation 1089/2010 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date:

Reference date - publication: 2010-12-08

Data quality report:

Domain consistency:

Data quality result:

Conformance test results:

Test passed: true

Meaning of the result: See the reference specification

Test specification:

Title:

Alternate title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata

Date:

Reference date - publication: 2010-12-08

Distribution Information

Distributor:

Distributor contact:

Role: publisher

Individual's name: Information Management

Organization's name: Geological Survey Ireland

Contact's position: Head of Information Management

Contact information:

Phone:

Voice: +353-1-6782896

Address:

Delivery point: Block 1, Booterstown Hall, Booterstown, Blackrock
City: Dublin
Postal code: A94 N2R6
Country: IE
e-mail address: support@geodata.gov.ie

Online resource:

Name of resource: GSI Website
Online location: https://www.gsi.ie
Connection protocol: text/html
Function performed: information
Description: GSI Website

Distribution format:

Format name: Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class
Format version: 10.7

Transfer options: