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snippet: INFOMAR will focus on 26 priority bays and 3 priority areas in its first 10 years of operation 2006 - 2016. The 26 bays and 3 priority areas were identified during an extensive stakeholder exercise that was conducted in the period between 2002 and 2005. This exercise included consultation with over 50 organisations government departments, coastal local authorities, industry sectors and consultancy companies.
summary: INFOMAR will focus on 26 priority bays and 3 priority areas in its first 10 years of operation 2006 - 2016. The 26 bays and 3 priority areas were identified during an extensive stakeholder exercise that was conducted in the period between 2002 and 2005. This exercise included consultation with over 50 organisations government departments, coastal local authorities, industry sectors and consultancy companies.
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accessInformation: Geological Survey Ireland & Marine Institute
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typeKeywords: ["Data","Service","Map Service","ArcGIS Server"]
description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>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.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>In </SPAN><SPAN>2010 the boundaries</SPAN><SPAN> were reshaped</SPAN><SPAN> into more logical shapes</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>as </SPAN><SPAN>the </SPAN><SPAN>initial shapes were merely indicative and drawn on large scale map of Ireland</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>T</SPAN><SPAN>hey often did not cover all of </SPAN><SPAN>the </SPAN><SPAN>intended Bay or in the case of offshore areas, included extensive onshore</SPAN><SPAN> areas. The </SPAN><SPAN>reason for each new shape was recorded and documented. Admiralty Chart boundaries, SAC boundaries, Water Framework Directive waters and current survey coverage were used. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN>New Priority Areas as approved by the Board in April 2011. For the Priority Bays, we have excluded those areas where there are Priority Bays already to avoid needless duplication and overlap. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>It is a vector dataset. Vector data portrays the world using points, lines and polygons (areas). </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The data is shown as </SPAN><SPAN>polygons</SPAN><SPAN>. Each </SPAN><SPAN>polygon</SPAN><SPAN> holds information on </SPAN><SPAN>name, ID</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>and </SPAN><SPAN>Area (km2).</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
licenseInfo: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Data that is produced directly by the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute (MI) is free for use under the conditions of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><A href="https://creativecommons.org:443/licenses/by/4.0/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</SPAN></A></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><A href="https://creativecommons.org:443/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode</SPAN></A></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Under the CC-BY Licence, users must acknowledge the source of the Information in their product or application. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Please use this specific attribution statement: </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">"Contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland &amp; Marine Institute) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence".</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>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. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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title: IE_GSI_MI_Priority_Areas_Bays_Inshore_IE_WGS84
type: Map Service
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tags: ["Ireland","IE/GSI","IE/MI","Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units","Marine Geology","seabed","seafloor","INFOMAR","Irish National Seabed Survey","priority area","priority bay","sea","sea bed","seabed mapping","reporting units"]
culture: en-IE
name: IE_GSI_MI_Priority_Areas_Bays_Inshore_IE_WGS84
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spatialReference: GCS_WGS_1984