AG2750C - Request for Tenders for the Provision of Digital Orthophotography of the Republic of Ireland for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

presenting the land holdings of over 130,000 farmers and Forest Owners. The system was built on initial digitising of paper maps completed back in 1995 for the original EU area-aid schemes. These parcels have been updated and modified on a continual basis since then. Digital ortho-imagery is a criti

cal component of the spatial database. It allows the Department to validate the claims of applicants for various Department Schemes on an annual basis. The imagery and any derived products allow the Department to determine the land cover of