Welcome to The GSI online digital archive – GOLDMINE (GSI OnLine Document, Maps and InformatioN Explorer).
This online application enables visitors to search the Geological Survey of Ireland online data archive database and download full-size resampled pdfs and/or original high resolution TIFF image files.
The data consists of: Scanned Capture of 450,000 pages and maps, including all of GSI principal datasets, (Mineral Exploration Reports-Open File, Geotechnical Reports, boreholes & tests, Historic 6":1 mile and 1":1 mile Geological Maps, GSI Publications, Bulletins, Published and Unpublished Reports, Groundwater Well Hydrographs, Marine Maps, Airborne Geophysical Maps, Mineral Locality Reports and Mine Record Reports and Maps). The database runs on Oracle© and the stored imagery is currently 1.4TB in size.
Site Usage PolicyFind documents by selecting a category of interest and drawing on a map
Browser the archive using folders as an alternative to searching. (Coming soon..)
OCR and advanced text indexing allows the internal contents of documents to searched in an advanced and performant manner
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