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Introducing GeoHive

GeoHive, our geospatial data service, can create maps specific to your task at hand.

In today’s world, location-based spatial data has become a huge part of decision-making processes locally and globally. The GeoHive service provides access, through a Data Catalogue and a map viewer, to a range of authoritative Irish spatial data. With GeoHive you can create maps specific to your task at hand using any of the available data. GeoHive provides access to numerous types of data which are grouped under Featured Picks And User Gallery. Users can save their webmaps in the user gallery where they will be available to all other users.

Some of the features are as follows:

• GeoHive provides access to authoritative GeoSpatial data. Users can access and combine data to provide results and understand the location-based developments.

• GeoHive provides free, web-based access to Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi), and other datasets. It allows ease of access to these datasets and has been designed with both novice and advanced users in mind.

• At a technical level GeoHive uses the functionality in ArcGIS Online as its content management system for listing and categorising web services. This means that any web service that is made available through GeoHive will be registered as a content item in ArcGIS Online.

• GeoHive is designed to allow you to join or mash information on a map to provide a deeper understanding of topics that impact on our lives. The secret is in not storing the information, but rather being able to easily retrieve the information and use it to make informed decisions.

• The service provides access to, amongst other things, Irish topographic, street address and aerial imagery.

• This new data platform is aligned not only to the eGovernment Strategy 2012-2015, but more recently to the Public Service ICT Strategy 2015, providing for better planning and analysis, more informed decision making, and will result in greater efficiencies in both the public and private sector (See below).

a) Build to share: Creating ICT shared services to support integration across the wider Public Service to drive efficiency, standardisation, consolidation, reduction in duplication and control cost.

b) Digital first: Digitisation of key transactional services and the increased use of ICT to deliver improved efficiency within Public Bodies and provide new digital services to citizens, businesses and public servants.

c) Data as enabler: In line with statutory obligations and Data Protection guidelines, facilitate increased data sharing and innovative use of data across all Public Bodies to enable the delivery of integrated services, improve decision making and improve openness and transparency between Government and the public.

GeoHive will:

• Empower the Irish public service, citizens, and business to make decisions based on a wide range of geo-spatial data.

• Offer free access to Irish geo-spatial data from multiple authoritative data providers.

• Be fully responsive and cater for use on mobile technology.

• Support the Public Sector Reform Plan 2014 – 2016 to improve data use and sharing.

Users can:

• Gain a more complete understanding of any location by accessing and combining data from multiple datasets and originators.

• Create and share access to web maps that they have created via email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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