{ "culture": "en-IE", "name": "IE_GSI_Granular_Aggregate_Potential_50K_IE26_ITM", "guid": "17601C7F-9191-484E-8259-43688295A99C", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "\u201cAggregates\u201d is the term geologists use to describe rocks used for building and construction purposes. They are used in today\u2019s world for building our roads, schools, hospitals and houses. \n\nHard rocks can be crushed to make material for foundations and to fill in spaces. Naturally occurring sands and gravels are used for making concrete and concrete products such as building blocks.\n\nIt is very important that we know where these rocks occur so that they can be used for any new projects. The aggregate potential maps show where it might be possible to find suitable rocks for building purposes. \n\nThe map should be of interest to the building and road construction sectors, and planning authorities at local and regional level.", "description": "
\u201cAggregates\u201d is the term geologists use to describe rocks used for building and construction purposes. Aggregate Potential Mapping aims to identify areas where aggregate is most likely to be found.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> This map shows the granular aggregate potential across Ireland. To produce this map, scores from 1 to 10 were given to each area based on several factors: <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Genesis-Petrology (2)<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Number of pits (1.2)<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Area (2)*<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Thickness (2)*<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Elevation (0.5)<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Markets (1.2)<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> *In the case of \u2018alluvium\u2019 the factor is 1.0.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/P> The factors were weighted by a multiplication factor (in brackets after the listed factors above). The final score is obtained by summing the weighted scores to give a final score ranging from 3.5 to 100. <\/SPAN><\/P> This map shows the scores sorted into five different ranges:<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Very High potential - red<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> High potential - orange<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Moderate Potential - yellow<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Low Potential - green<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Very Low Potential \u2013 blue<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/P> Unlike the crushed rock potential map there are large areas uncoloured because sand or gravel has not been mapped in these areas.<\/SPAN><\/P> This map is to the scale 1:50,000. This means it should be viewed at that scale. When printed at that scale 1cm on the map relates to a distance of 500m.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> It is a vector dataset. Vector data portray the world using points, lines, and polygons (areas). The data is shown as polygons. Each polygon holds information on the Granular Aggregate Potential, the county it is located in and the area in m2.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Please read the metadata lineage for further information.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>",
"summary": "\u201cAggregates\u201d is the term geologists use to describe rocks used for building and construction purposes. They are used in today\u2019s world for building our roads, schools, hospitals and houses. \n\nHard rocks can be crushed to make material for foundations and to fill in spaces. Naturally occurring sands and gravels are used for making concrete and concrete products such as building blocks.\n\nIt is very important that we know where these rocks occur so that they can be used for any new projects. The aggregate potential maps show where it might be possible to find suitable rocks for building purposes. \n\nThe map should be of interest to the building and road construction sectors, and planning authorities at local and regional level.",
"title": "IE_GSI_Granular_Aggregate_Potential_50K_IE26_ITM",
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"Ireland",
"IE/GSI",
"Geology",
"Mineral Resource",
"Aggregate",
"Potential",
"Mapping",
"Granular",
"Sand",
"Gravel"
],
"type": "Map Service",
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"Data",
"Service",
"Map Service",
"ArcGIS Server"
],
"thumbnail": "thumbnail/thumbnail.png",
"url": "",
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"spatialReference": "IRENET95_Irish_Transverse_Mercator",
"accessInformation": "Geological Survey Ireland",
"licenseInfo": " 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.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/A><\/P>