Sites of Geological Interest South Dublin County Development Plan 2022 to 2028 SDCC

<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Geological heritage or ‘geoheritage’is the term used to describe sites or places with features of geology that have important scientific, educational, cultural, or visual value. There are many types of sites. They are made from past and present geological processes (wearing away and building up of rocks and soils). They are a window into the past and present changes to the earth.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Geoheritage sites are called ‘county geological sites’(CGS). The geology is divided into 16 themes (groups). The best sites are chosen from each group by theme experts. After this, each site is checked to make sure it is the best example. Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) does this together with the Heritage Council and Local Authorities.</div><div><br /></div><div>The data is collected on a county by county basis with detailed site audits. Before each site is visited all known geological data for the county is checked. Next, each site is visited to record: the key geological features; whether the site can be accessed by the public; if the site is suitable to be promoted for tourism or education; and general condition. The site’s key features are recorded, mapped and photographed.</div><div><br /></div><div>The data shown on the map was collected on paper during each site visit. Afterwards the data was digitised. The site locations were recorded on site using a GPS system.</div><div><br /></div><div>This Geoheritage audited sites map is to the scale 1:50,000 (1cm on the map relates to a distance of 500m).</div><div><br /></div><div>It is a vector dataset. Vector data portray the world using points, lines, and polygons (areas). The Geoheritage audited sites are shown as polygons. Each polygonholds information on the following fields:</div><div><br /></div><div>SITECODE (a unique site identification number)</div><div><br /></div><div>SITENAME (the name of the site)</div><div><br /></div><div>IGH THEME (the geological theme number under which the site is identified)</div><div><br /></div><div>COUNTY (the county in which the site is located)</div><div><br /></div><div>DESCRIPTION (a short description of the site)</div><div><br /></div><div>GEOLOGICAL (a short description of the qualifying geological features of the site)</div><div><br /></div><div>DESIGNATION (the geological designation or proposed status of the site)</div><div><br /></div><div>REPORT (a link to the associated detailed site report)</div><div><br /></div><div>X_IG, Y_IG (site location using Irish National Grid coordinates)</div><div><br /></div><div>X_ITM, Y_ITM (site location using Irish TransverseMercator coordinates)</div>地质遗产（Geological Heritage，简称geoheritage）是用于指代那些拥有重要科学、教育、文化或景观价值的地质特征的场地或区域的术语。该类场地类型多样，均由古今地质作用（包括岩石与土壤的侵蚀与堆积过程）塑造而成，是窥探地球古今变迁的窗口。 此类地质遗产场地被称为“县级地质场地（County Geological Sites，简称CGS）”。地质主题共划分为16个类别（群组）。各主题专家会从每个类别中遴选最优场地，随后逐一核验以确认其为该类别的典型代表。此项工作由爱尔兰地质调查局（Geological Survey Ireland，简称GSI）联合遗产委员会与地方当局共同开展。 数据以县域为单元进行采集，并配套开展详细的场地踏勘审核。在实地踏勘前，需先核查该县域内所有已有的地质资料。踏勘过程中需记录以下内容：场地核心地质特征、场地是否对公众开放、场地是否适合用于旅游推广或科普教育，以及场地整体现状。随后对场地核心特征进行记录、绘图与拍摄。 本次地图展示的数据最初在实地踏勘时以纸质形式记录，后续完成数字化处理。场地坐标通过现场GPS系统采集获取。 本地质遗产踏勘场地地图比例尺为1:50000（即地图上1厘米对应实地距离500米）。 本数据集为矢量数据集。矢量数据通过点、线与多边形（面域）来表征地理空间。本次地质遗产踏勘场地以多边形形式呈现，每个多边形包含以下字段信息： SITECODE（场地唯一识别编号） SITENAME（场地名称） IGH THEME（场地所属地质主题编号） COUNTY（场地所在县域） DESCRIPTION（场地简要说明） GEOLOGICAL（场地合格地质特征简要说明） DESIGNATION（场地地质认定级别或拟议地位） REPORT（关联场地详细报告的链接） X_IG, Y_IG（采用爱尔兰国家网格坐标系的场地坐标） X_ITM, Y_ITM（采用爱尔兰横轴墨卡托坐标系的场地坐标）