EuroGlobalMap

EuroGlobalMap is a 1:1 million scale topographic dataset covering 38 countries in the European region.

EuroGlobalMap is perfect for use as background to many applications from planning, monitoring and network analysis to presenting environmental policies.

The dataset contains six themes:

  • Administrative boundaries
  • The water network
  • Tranport networks
  • Settlements
  • Elevation
  • Names locations

Basic information

Current version 4.0
Release date January 2011
Nominal scale 1:1 million
Coordinate system Decimal degrees ETRS89-WGS84
Database structure The EGM Geodatabase model has gathered all the feature classes into a unique dataset. Themes are not defined. The feature classes are defined as GDB simple feature classes: area, line, point. The feature classes hold and define the attribute fields. The features are defined as subtypes of the feature class. Coded value domains have also been defined for attributes at the subtype level.
Database specification Full product specification
Delivery formats available

ESRI Personal Geodatabase and File Geodatabase ArcGis 9.3

ESRI shapefile (on demand)

Data structure and content
  • The administrative boundaries theme holds information on the administrative entities down to NUTS3 level and their administrative hierarchy. A unified coding system for all the included administrative levels has been defined.
  • The water network holds information on the watercourses, the open water area, the seaside and the associated hydrologic equipments (dams).
  • The transport network holds information on roads and railways, ferry lines, airports. Connections between ferry stations and other transport modes have been added.
  • The settlement theme holds information on the built-up areas and populated places, mainly their name and number of inhabitants.
  • The elevation theme holds information on the elevation of designated locations.
  • The named locations are text objects which do not relate to vector data but are needed for cartographic purposes.

More details can be found in the User guide

Change history Version 4.0 - Bulgaria added to product 
Quality and standards The metadata is based on the ISO 19115 standard

Coverage

Dataset includes:

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Denmark including Greenland and Faeroe Islands
Estonia
Finland
France including Monaco
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy including San Marino and The Vatican City
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
The Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain including Andorra and Gibraltar
Sweden
Switzerland including Liechtenstein
Ukraine

Sample data

To download these samples, right click on the link and choose Save target as.

The sample data is for internal evaluation purposes only. All are © EuroGeographics.

 

ArcGIS personal Geodatabase v9.1 zip, 0.3 MB
MapInfo MID/MIF zip, 1.9 MB
Arc Shape zip, 0.3 MB
Sample area pdf layouts zip, 0.5 MB

 

Applications

Several use cases of our existing customers are available.

Product Literature

User guide

Full product specification

Contact

For more information about EuroGlobalMap or any of our products, please contact us.

Distributors

To license one of our products, please visit one of our distributors.

Pricing

Our products are priced according to coverage, number of users and other rights. See our pricing and licensing page.

 
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