Background

EuroGlobalMap is a topographic dataset that covers the whole of Europe at the scale 1:1 Million. It is produced in cooperation by the National Mapping Agencies of Europe, using official national databases.

In the current situation data in each European country is created to meet the national needs, so the resulting data infrastructure is not seamless between countries and no European wide data base is available with seamless coverage and secured up-dating. The EuroGlobalMap project provides the first European geographic information infrastructure that will be maintained at the source level by the National Mapping Agencies, and by providing harmonised access conditions for geographic information.

Major strong points:

• Seamless database over Europe
• 6 themes including total 12 layers
• Harmonised data specifications synchronized with DIGEST
• Metadata according ISO19115 standard
• Official data provided by the National Mapping Agencies
• Common pricing and licensing policy agreed by EuroGeographics
• Wide data coverage