Just a clarification in regard to your posting. The Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) allows free download of all its available data, after a ministerial decision back in January 2007. This policy has been extended to the non-confidential data within the Department of Communication, Energy and Natural Resources. GSI provides access from two data download sites

http://www.dcmnr.gov.ie/Spatial+Data/Geological+Survey+of+Ireland/GSI+Spatial+Data+Downloads.htm for national datasets

(Apologies about the broken link in the press release, the site was changed a week after the launch)

and

https://jetstream.gsi.ie/iwdds/index.html for clip, zip and shiping data

GSI also has a number of web map viewers, a general public data viewer, a Groundwater viewer and the recently launched Geotechnical borehole viewer.

Visit http://www.gsi.ie/mapping.htm for information.

Datasets freely available include bedrock geology, groundwater vulnerability, source protection sites, mineral exploration and urban geotechnical boreholes and hi-resolution marine surveying data to mention a few.

These data are also available freely in a form to allow web mash ups, or desktop GIS integration (using OGC WMS and WFS standards). Users can connect to gis3.dcmnronline.ie using an OGC compatible viewer or connect to the path names on our web site (www.gsi.ie/mapping.htm).

Regards,

Ray Scanlon
Senior Geologist
Information Management Programme
Geological Survey of Ireland

http://www.gsi.ie
ray.scanlon@gsi.ie