c07aac81-4b33-42b0-9364-446908da4c98 Data Analyst Environmental Protection Agency Scientific Officer +353-53-9160600 +353-53-9160601 PO Box 3000 Johnstown Castle Estate Wexford Co. Wexford Ireland gis@edenireland.ie http://gis.epa.ie 2023-08-21T14:05:40.408Z ISDI Metadata Profile 1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset 2009-11-25 http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29902 EPSG Settlement Boundaries Statistical Boundaries - Settlements 2015-01-01 2018-11-21 AU.IE.EPA.ADMIN_SETTLEMENTS In order to distinguish between the urban and rural population for census analysis, the boundaries of distinct settlements need to be defined. This requires the creation of suburbs and extensions to existing cities and legal towns as well as delineating boundaries for settlements which are not legally defined (called Census towns). From 1971 to 2006, Census towns were defined as a cluster of fifty or more occupied dwellings where, within a radius of 800 metres there was a nucleus of thirty occupied dwellings (on both sides of a road, or twenty on one side of a road), along with a clearly defined urban centre e.g. a shop, a school, a place of worship or a community centre. Census town boundaries where extended over time where there was an occupied dwelling within 200 metres of the existing boundary. To avoid the agglomeration of adjacent towns caused by the inclusion of low density one off dwellings on the approach routes to towns, the 2011 criteria were tightened, in line with UN criteria. In Census 2011 a new Census town was defined as being a cluster with a minimum of 50 occupied dwellings, with a maximum distance between any dwelling and the building closest to it of 100 metres, and where there was evidence of an urban centre (shop, school etc). The proximity criteria for extending existing 2006 Census town boundaries was also amended to include all occupied dwellings within 100 metres of an existing building. Other information based on OSi mapping and orthogonal photography was taken into account when extending boundaries. Boundary extensions were generally made to include the land parcel on which a dwelling was built or using other physical features such as roads, paths etc. Extensions to the environs and suburbs of legal towns and cities were also constructed using the 100 metre proximity rule applied to Census towns. For census reports, urban settlements are towns with a population of 1,500 or more, while settlements with a population of less than 1,500 are classified as rural. Used in GIS systems as base information for analysis, in static maps and webGIS applications. Environmental Protection Agency Data Manager +353-53-9160600 +353-53-9160601 PO Box 3000 Johnstown Castle Estate Wexford Co. Wexford Ireland gis@epa.ie https://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=EPA:ADMIN_Settlements&styles=&bbox=36770.62229999993,25775.557700000703,333394.6261,450355.5731000006&width=536&height=768&srs=EPSG:29902&format=image%2Fpng thumbnail Administrative units GemetInspireTheme GEMET 2014-04-17 administration GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1 GEMET 2012-07-20 Settlement Boundaries Admin Boundaries Environmental Protection Agency EPA 2014-06-23 IE ISO 3166 ISO 1974-12-31 EPA INTERNAL Data is for public use under Creative Commons CC-By 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 50000 boundaries -10.47472 -6.01306 51.44555 55.37999 2010-11-09T00:00:00 2010-11-09T00:00:00 0 1014 An Ordnance Datum or OD is a vertical datum used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps. A spot height may be expressed as AOD for "above ordnance datum". Usually mean sea level (MSL) is used for the datum. Malin Ordnance Datum Derivation of vertical height or depth (in metres) In the Republic of Ireland, OD for the Ordnance Survey of Ireland is Malin Ordnance Datum: the Mean Sea Level (MSL) at Portmoor Pier, Malin Head, County Donegal, between 1960 and 1969. 5731 EPSG Projection 5731 - Malin Head height Metres Derivation of Altitude OD based on Mean Sea Level, Malin Head 1960-1969 ESRI Shapefile 10.x Informatics Environmental Protection Agency Data Manager +353-53-9160600 +353-53-9160601 PO Box 3000 Johnstown Castle Estate Wexford Co. Wexford Ireland gis@epa.ie https://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=EPA:ADMIN_Settlements&maxFeatures=50&outputFormat=application%2Fjson application/json GeoJSON GeoJSON https://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=EPA:ADMIN_Settlements&styles=&bbox=36770.62229999993,25775.557700000703,333394.6261,450355.5731000006&width=536&height=768&srs=EPSG:29902&format=image%2Fpng image/png Web Map Service WMS GetMap WMS GetMap INSPIRE Data Specification on Administrative units INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0 2014-04-17 The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment. false COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation 2010-12-08 Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services false Obtained from Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2018 update. 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