INFOMAR Seabed Survey Acoustic Backscatter (seafloor hardness)

APINational · IrelandNo auth

The integrated Mapping for the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s Marine Resource (INFOMAR) programme is a joint venture between the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute (MI). The programme is the successor to the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) and concentrates on crea…

geospatial

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good

Composite of 5 axes from our methodology (proof-based officialness, live verification, metadata completeness, license clarity, agent readiness).

Officialnessweight 25%40/100
40/100 from 5 proof signals (domain / portal-backlink / GitHub-org / reciprocal / policy).
Availabilityweight 25%100/100
Latest verification succeeded.
Metadata completenessweight 20%70/100
7 of 10 recommended metadata fields populated.
License clarityweight 15%50/100
License info not yet tracked for APIs (datasets only).
Agent readinessweight 15%35/100
Docs URL present · Homepage URL present · Topic tags assigned

Official Proof

Public Sector API

Proof Evidence

40% - Official domain (gov.ie)

Data access

Map service (WMS)

Serves rendered map images, not a downloadable table — so there is no tabular schema. The service's GetCapabilities document lists the available map layers.

Verification Status

Using the API

Configuration

Base URL: https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/imagehost/services/Marine/IE_GSI_MI_Backscatter_40m_Offshore_IE_WGS84_LAT_TIFF/ImageServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

Query examples

curl -s 'https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/imagehost/services/Marine/IE_GSI_MI_Backscatter_40m_Offshore_IE_WGS84_LAT_TIFF/ImageServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS' -H 'Accept: application/json'

Base API endpoint — see the documentation for available routes.

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