News & Updates
The seabed classification chart for the East Coast has been updated and can be downloaded in .pdf format...View
Published: 04/03/2010
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The survey coverage area, linework and tide data for 2009 are now available to view and download on the INFOMAR webmapping viewer...Open Viewer
Published: 12/02/2010
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The INFOMAR website has been updated. You can now find out details about the Ireland’s latest marine research vessel, the RV Keary....Open Page
Published: 25/01/2010
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The most up to date sample location points and Sound Velocity Profiles point locations are now available to view and download on the INFOMAR webmapping viewer...Open Viewer
Published: 27/11/2009
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The charts for Bantry, Dunmanus, Galway, Shannon and Waterford have been updated and can be downloaded in .pdf format. Charts include Bathymetry, Backscatter and Shaded Relief ...View
Published: 27/11/2009
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The most up to date survey coverage completed in 2009 is now available to view on the INFOMAR webmapping viewer and also on the IWDDS home page...Open Viewer.......... Open IWDDS
Published: 13/11/2009
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It is now possible to download all LIDAR charts for Bantry, Dunmanus, Blacksod, Clew, Donegal, Foyle, Galway, Killala, Mulroy, Sligo and Tralee Bays in .pdf format. Charts include Bathymetry and Shaded Relief ...View
Published: 05/11/2009
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Call for Research Proposals 2009
The INFOMAR Programme office is pleased to announce that the 2009 call for applied research proposals is now open.
Full details of the funding call can be downloaded here Download
Download application form here Download
The closing date for receipt of application is Wednesday 18th November at 1200 hours.
Published: 04/11/2009
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Request for Tender (RFT) for the provision of hydrographic services in connection with the seabed mapping of Ireland’s offshore. The GSI (or its partners and agents as the GSI may specify) invites tenders to supply the GSI with a Hydrographic Service to collect bathymetric data. The objective of the survey is to produce bathymetric data for Mannin Bay, Co Galway and Achill, Co. Mayo and Blacksod Bay, Co. Mayo and Lough Swilly, Co. Donegal, and Broadhaven Bay, Co Mayo, and Lower Lough Foyle, Co. Donegal and Shannon Estuary, Co. Limerick, and Inner Dingle Bay, Co. Kerry....Download .pdf
Published: 27/10/2009
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The seabed classification chart for Galway has been updated....View
Published: 23/10/2009
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It is now possible to download a seabed classification chart for Cork in .pdf format....View
Published: 23/10/2009
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It is now possible to download all charts for the Shannon Estuary in .pdf format. Charts include Bathymetry, Backscatter and Shaded Relief ...View
Published: 22/10/2009
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A chart showing the latest INFOMAR & other related multibeam coverage can be downloaded here... .Download Chart in .pdf
Published: 09/10/2009
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INFOMAR Options Appraisal Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is available for download...Download Report in .pdf
Published: 05/10/2009
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You can now download bathymetry & backscatter grids at various resolutions. There is a 50m bathymetry grid of zone 3 & lidar for some bays at 5m. Select Gridded Datasets, Offshore, DTM.You can also download the vector data such as survey coverage areas, linework, shipwreck locations in shapefile format.Select Vector datasets, Offshore, Shapefiles...Open IWDDS Website
Published: 28/09/2009
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The INFOMAR image webmapping viewer has been designed to display the large raster datasets. This includes bathymetry (water depth) and seabed classification grids, backscatter and shaded relief charts.Vector datasets are also available including survey areas, tracklines and grab sample data. A WMS (Web Map Service) link is also provided. You may use this link to view the same data displayed in this viewer in a variety of Open Source Viewers. There are also links to Google Earth .kmz files which allow you to view the data in Goggle Earth....Open Viewer
Published: 25/09/2009
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Ireland’s seabed mapping programme is now 10 years old and SEABED 10 is a two-day conference that will celebrate its achievements. The partners in the initiative - the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute – are delighted to invite all interested parties to attend the conference.....More Details
Published: 31/08/2009
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Find out about The Shannon Estuary. View photos, images, a 3D Movie Flythrough and text relating to this survey.... Open Page
Published: 31/08/2009
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View photos and text relating to this survey....Open Page
Published: 26/08/2009
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It is now possible to download all charts for Bantry and Dunmanus Bays in .pdf format. Charts include Bathymetry, Backscatter, Shaded Relief and Seabed Classification...View
Published: 06/08/2009
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The survey linework for Leg 1 completed in 2009 is now avail
able on the INFOMAR webmapping viewer. The polygon coverage for all surveys completed between 2003 and 2009 has also been added...Open Viewer
Published: 14/07/2009
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The Lidar data for 2008 is now available for download ...Download Google .kmz
Published: 09/07/2009
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The shipwreck database is now available on the INFOMAR webmapping viewer. There are only 3 reports available at present but more will be added as they become available. You can download the database in .shp or .xls formats. Ship Wreck Information Sheets in .pdf format for 3 wrecks off the Dublin Coast are also available to download...Open Viewer
Published: 08/07/2009
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It is now possible to download Ship Wreck Information Sheets in .pdf format for 3 wrecks off the Dublin Coast. Additional wrecks will be added on an ongoing basis...View
Published: 02/07/2009
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The Lidar coverage area for 2008 and the survey lines completed in 2008 are now available on the INFOMAR webmapping viewer. You can download the files in .shp format...Open Viewer INFOMAR Datasets (WGS84 Projection) in .shp format are also available for download on the GSI's Spatial Download Page... View
Published: 19/06/2009
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A WMS button has been added to the viewer which provides a link to the INFOMAR WMS. The WMS can be added to your desktop GIS, allowing you to view our data alongside your data. A link is provided outlining how you can do this in ArcGIS. You can also view the WMS in a variety of open source viewers e.g. Dapple...Open Viewer
WMS Link http://spatial.dcenr.gov.ie/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap/INFOMAR?
Published: 19/06/2009
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View photos and text relating to this survey....Open Page
Published: 17/05/2009
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The INFOMAR website had been updated. Links are provided which allow you to download our most requested maps. There is also a link to the new INFOMAR Blog...Open Page
Published: 11/05/2009
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The idea of the Blog is to provide a short overview of a survey leg soon after it has been completed. It will consist of photos and some general text. The ground truthing CV09_23 in Bantry and Dunmanus is described here....Open Page
Published: 08/05/2009
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The INFOMAR website had been updated. You can now find out details about the progress of INFOMAR surveys. Get information on a bay basis. An overview of the bay and the data collected to date. Images, videos, google .kmz's are available. Information is available about the vessels we use, the data acquisition systems, tides etc....Open Page
Published: 07/05/2009
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The INFOMAR website had been updated. You can now find out details about the Data Processing & Interpretation. Links are provided which allow you to download and view our data in a variety of options and formats....Open Page
Published: 07/05/2009
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INFOMAR Supported
Research on RTE's 'The Investigators' The Investigators
is a new series shown on RTE1 that examines Ireland's
scientific contribution to the world. It covers a range of current topics
from some of the top minds in the country and examines the potential
impacts of Irish science on our lives. One of the episodes takes a look at
what scientists in
Ireland are doing to understand climate
change and features cutting edge research being undertaken by three
glacial geologists from the Marine Institute, the
University of
Ulster
and Durham
University (UK).
Glaciers are dynamic systems that are sensitive to
changes in the global climate system. The deposits left behind by glaciers
from the past ice ages can be used to tell us about the nature and timing
of major climatic events. Dr Sara Benetti from the Marine Institute, Dr
Paul Dunlop ( Ulster ) and Prof Colm Ó Cofaigh (Durham) have been analysing the high resolution
bathymetric data collected offshore northwest Ireland by
the Irish Government as part of the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS).
From these data, they have identified the same glacial features that we
see on land, like drumlins and moraines, scattered on the continental
shelf. In August 2008 on the R.V. Celtic Explorer, they lead the
first scientific cruise off the northwest coast of Ireland to
core through these landforms and retrieved cores from waters as deep as
2.5 km. The cruise was funded by the SSTI ship time programme 2008 with
the INFOMAR Programme (co-managed by the Marine Institute and the
Geological Survey of Ireland) providing technical support and equipment.
Sediments recovered from the seabed are now being analysed by the team to
provide new detailed information about the nature and timing of glacial
cycles across the North Atlantic. The
work will provide a critical new record on climate change for the region
and new proxy data on how the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets may respond to
global warming.
Click here to view the episode.
For more details
see http://www.theinvestigators.ie/ Call for Research Proposals
2008
The INFOMAR Call for research proposals or collaborative value added work has now closed. The deadline for the receipt of proposals was 31st October 2008. Successful applicants will be notified shortly.
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