Alternate title

GeoDirectory Address point data

Date (Revision)

2022-02-24T00:00:00

Date (Creation)

2015-01-06T00:00:00

Date (Publication)

2015-01-06T00:00:00

Citation identifier

BU.IE.EPA.GEODIR_Buildings

Purpose

GeoDirectory is a collaboration between An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi), the experts in postal and geographic addressing in Ireland. The purpose of GeoDirectory is to create a definitive reference directory of addresses in Ireland and to assign to them accurate postal and geographic addresses. A postal address is the address used to enable delivery of mail. GeoDirectory proposes a standard address format, which is intended to become the address format used by organisations and individuals throughout the country. Use of an agreed address format will enable faster delivery of mail and facilitate sharing of data between and within organisations. A geographic address is a combination of East and North values which accurately position a building on the surface of the Earth. Geographic addresses, also known as geo-codes, are commonly used by Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to position addresses on maps.

Status

On going

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Environmental Protection Agency	Informatics	gis@epa.ie	Custodian

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed

GemetInspireTheme

• Addresses

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

• Addresses

Environmental Protection Agency

• Buildings

• GeoDirectory

ISO 3166

• IE

Use limitation

Data is for public use under Creative Commons CC-By 4.0

Access constraints

License

Other constraints

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

50000

Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Location

End date

2015-04-17T00:00:00

Reference system identifier

EPSG / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29902

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset 2009-11-25

Distribution format

Name	Version
ESRI Shapefile	10.x

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
GeoDirectory	GeoDirectory	geodirectory@anpost.ie	Owner

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

Main sources of data for GeoDirectory are:

OSi/Large Scale Map Database, OSi/Aerial Photography (Ortho-Photography), An Post ground validation, Feedback from internal usage - Automated mail sorting, CRM systems, OSi Ground Surveyors.

OSi Large Scale Map Database contains the geographical location of urban, sub-urban and rural buildings. Urban areas which cover all the major towns and cities in Ireland at a scale of 1:1000 are updated annually. Sub-urban areas at a scale of 2,500 are also updated annually. Rural areas at a scale of 2,500 are updated on a 3 year cycle and rural areas at a scale of 5,000 are updated on a 5 year cycle. Using a semi-automatic data collection process, all buildings are identified and stored in GeoDirectory, using OSi'S

Geographical Information System (GIS) address software. Using a Clar (list of all the addresses on a postal route), and the OSi Large Scale Maps, all Postal Delivery Persons in An Post now maintain GeoDirectory. With the Delivery Person passing each building daily, the data such as change of building use, change of businesses, building no, building names etc. is conformed or amended if necessary and additional details may be added. New buildings are added by recording the address on blank forms and marking the position of the building on the map. The details are then fed back onto the database to the form the basis of the GeoDirectoy data products. Administrative Boundary attributes (County, ED and Townland) are automatically added to the database using the OSi administrative boundary database and Geographical Information System (GIS) software. GeoDirectory now includes the Small Area Boundary set. This set is a sub-ED level geography, which will have a homogenous design to enable proper and reliable comparable statistical potential.

Metadata

File identifier

df13ca74-655d-4cd5-8b94-eb3ab3008a97 XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2023-09-18T07:55:40.85Z

Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile

Metadata standard version

1.2

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
GeoDirectory	GeoDirectory	geodirectory@anpost.ie	Author