Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is intended to produce full GPS maps for the whole country in line with developments in other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33689/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) that in line with international standards and developments in other European countries, OSI has developed a new GPS compatible mapping system for the entire country known as ITM (Irish Transverse Mercator). The ITM system is based on the GPS and European Geodetic Reference System Standards known as ETRS89 (European Terrestrial Reference System 1989). The OSI map Production Flowline, Core Spatial Database and Supply database have been migrated to the GPS compatible mapping system. Customers can choose when purchasing a map from OSI or its agents whether the map is in the traditional Irish Grid system or in the new GPS compatible system ITM.