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The EuroBoundaryMap
project is the activity of National Mapping and Cadastral
Agencies (NMCAs), members of EuroGeographics, producing and
maintaining the EuroBoundaryMap product
of Europe at the scales 1:100,000 and 1:1 Million.
The product development
is managed by the Bundesamt
für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG),
Frankfurt, Germany.
For more
information on the EuroBoundaryMap product, please visit the EuroBoundaryMap
product pages.
History
The EuroBoundaryMap project started as the SABE project by MEGRIN
in 1992 and continued when EuroGeographics was founded (as
a merger between CERCO
and MEGRIN).
Up to now five versions
- referring to 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2004 - were launched, all starting with the acronym SABE.
The dataset has been compiled from official source data provided
by Europe's NMCAs with the best available semantic quality.
The versions SABE91, SABE95 and SABE2001 represented the status of
the national administrative boundaries according to the census date
in the involved countries while also a linkage to the statistical
codes of EUROSTAT was enabled.
Dataset
The current version of EuroBoundaryMap contains all administrative
units from country down to the commune level of all EU members
and 10 other European countries. The term "seamless" means that there are no gaps or overlaps between polygons
initially derived from different sources.
The contributions provided by the NMCAs have been transformed
into a uniform structure and uniform positional reference
system, line-filtered to a uniform resolution and are edge
matched at international boundaries. They incorporate
a linkage between the SHN codes of administrative units for
all EU countries and the corresponding statistical codes according
to the new NUTS regulation issued by EUROSTAT.
The harmonization
process from national contribution to EuroBoundaryMap data format is
controlled by a conversion procedure consisting in several
steps that are documented. The main steps are:
- Pre-processing: (check national contribution for completeness
with regard to the requirements of the EuroBoundaryMap data model)
- Transformation of coordinates from national map projection
to geographic coordinates when necessary (most of NMCAs
contributions are already in ETRS).
- Processing of geometry to the EuroBoundaryMap format (mosaic of lowest
level administrative boundaries, harmonization with neighbouring
countries, codes, names, administrative hierarchy, residence
of authority, exclaves, condominiums)
- Generalization to map scales 1:100 000 and 1:1 000 000
- Final quality check
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Future
product improvement and next steps
EuroGeographics
supports the regular maintenance and extension of the EuroBoundaryMap
project according to the customer requirements. BKG is keen
to deliver the EuroBoundaryMap product in a high quality based on a very
close cooperation with national data suppliers, the NMCAs
of Europe. Further it supports EuroGeographics efforts for
further harmonisation of all their products and delivers input
also for other projects.
Since 2001 the maintenance of the EuroBoundaryMap product is based on
the EuroBoundaryMap Project Agreement, which has been signed by 36 NMCAs
up to now. The purpose of this agreement is to enable EuroGeographics
to create and distribute the EuroBoundaryMap product and to allow its
continuing development according to the requirements of the
market. By working together in a spirit of collaboration,
with the goodwill and positive involvement of all project
partners, the aim will be to achieve the right product, at
the right time and at the right cost.
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