INFOMAR Seabed Survey LIDAR Chart Boundaries around Ireland
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Geological Survey Ireland |
| Country | Ireland  |
| Time period | 1999-2015 |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Irish coastline. |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Date and time; Bathymetry and Elevation |
| Instruments | Multi-beam echosounders |
| Description | |
| Summary | The INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable Development of Ireland's MArine Resource (INFOMAR) programme is a joint venture between the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute (MI). The programme is the successor to the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) and concentrates on creating integrated mapping products related to the seabed. Lidar (also written LIDAR or LiDAR) is a remote sensing technology that measures distance by illuminating a target with a laser and analyzing the reflected light. The term lidar comes from combining the words light and radar. LIDAR technology has been employed in the INFOMAR programme to seabed map coastline areas where the technique is more viable than using research vessels in shallow waters. The chart boundaries represent the areas mapped using LIDAR. |
| Originators | Geological Survey Ireland Marine Institute |
| Data web site | http://www.isde.ie/#/b480a51c-131e-4aca-b8e9-7df0bce30011 |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Geological Survey Ireland |
| Availability | Licence |
| Contact | Archie Donovan (Geologist) |
| Address | Geological Survey Ireland |
| Telephone | +353 1 678 2000 |
| Facsimile | +353 1 668 1782 |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Marine Institute |
| Local identifier | GE.IE.GSI.INFOMAR.LidarChartBoundary |
| Global identifier | 6516 |
| Last revised | 2015-09-14 |
| Status | Deprecated |
