MapGenie Is Mapping Ireland

Ireland is being mapped as never before.

Conor Lenihan, Minister for Science, Technology, Innovation and Natural Resources has announced Ordnance Survey Ireland's (OSi) launch of its business-to-business online mapping service, MapGenie.

MapGenie provides immediate online access to the most complete and highest quality map data available on the island of Ireland.

It offers single source access to premium map data at a variety of scales from OSi and Land and Property Services Northern Ireland (LPS) geodatabases through an All-Ireland web mapping service (WMS).

OSi hosts all map data, which saves significant time and costs as organisations avoid the need to store and manage the data in-house.

Map data is presented according to customer requirements and is more cost effective and easier to use, as time-consuming translations to different data formats are not required.

Built on industry standards, MapGenie works across browsers and operating systems. It may be used in conjunction with or to supplement existing web-based applications built around Google Maps or Microsoft Bing API (Application Programming Interface).

According to OSi, the new MapGenie service can be used across a range of business sectors with a wide variety of applications.

OSi said that a number of public and private sector organisations already use MapGenie, including Forcelink, a private sector start-up company that uses MapGenie to offer a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for managing mobile workforces.

This valuable resource allows the public to see collision statistics and information throughout the Republic of Ireland instantly, acting not only as a valuable visualisation tool in the analysis of the data but also as a means for the public to plan their journey safely.

The national mapping agency also said that MapGenie can also be used by existing customers, through a web-based map viewing application, that easily combines a selection of an organisation's data with OSi map data to provide a web-based system across the entire organisation.

Speaking at the launch Minister Lenihan said that: "Premium services of the highest quality are what this country is about and should be about. This MapGenie is a great example of this."

(BmCC/GK)