The site has been developed with the assistance of the Forward Planning Unit of the Dept of Education and Skills and the Dept of Environment,
Community and Local Government.
MISSION & VISION
Our Main Aims
- Provide all primary and post-primary schools with access to high quality, digital Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) maps, World maps and aerial photographs.
- Provide a highly interactive, visual and engaging tools to bring maps to life within the classroom.
- Offer a suite of tools for use with the maps that support learning across a wide variety of subjects, including Geography, History and Mathematics.
- Integrate a subset of curriculum-relevant, public sector data in a manner that is appropriate for teaching and learning in Irish schools.
- Provide historical mapping from 1829 through to 2010 in order to offer plenty of opportunities to look at change over time.
