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Open Data

EuroGlobalMap is a 1:1 million scale topographic dataset covering 55 countries and territories in the European region.

It is usually available as an open data dataset and a web feature service (short user video guide), however the download for EGM is temporarily unavailable due to technical issues, we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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

The dataset contains five themes:

  • Administrative boundaries
  • The water network
  • Transport networks
  • Settlements
  • Named locations

Basic information

Product Name EuroGlobalMap (EGM)
Current version 2021
General EGM enables to use topographic features such as rivers, transport network, settlements in small scale as background for applications  such as planning, monitoring, network analysis and presenting environmental policies.
Release date October 2020
Nominal scale 1:1,000,000
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 Harmonized data specification synchronized with the FACC data dictionary (DIGEST standard).
Delivery formats available

ESRI Personal Geodatabase and File Geodatabase ArcGis 10

ESRI shapefile 
Data structure and content
  • The administrative boundaries theme holds information on the administrative entities down to NUTS3 level and their administrative hierarchy. A 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 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 2021:

  • Update of the Administrative theme (BND):
    • ​Full generalization from EBM v14;
  • ​Update of the Hydrological theme (HYDRO):
    • ​Full generalisation from ERM 2020 for all countries maintained in ERM and satisfying generalisation
      quality requirement.
  • Minimal update of the Settlement (POP):
    • Full generalisation from ERM 2020 for all countries maintained in ERM and satisfying generalisation quality requirements;
    • No manual correction. These data may not be entirely compliant with the data specification.
  • New countries:
    • Data from Bosnia and Herzegovina is now available, although they may be incomplete.

The EGM metadata was updated and its compliance with the INSPIRE metadata regulations were checked.
Summary specification Full technical specification and Lineage
Quality and standards The metadata is based on the ISO 19115 standard

Coverage

Dataset includes:

Albania

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Denmark including Greenland and Faroe Islands
Estonia
Finland
France including Monaco and French Overseas Territories
Georgia
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy including San Marino and The Vatican City
Kosovo*
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Republic of North Macedonia
Malta
Moldova

Montenegro
The Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain including Andorra and Gibraltar
Sweden
Switzerland including Liechtenstein
Ukraine

* The name Kosovo is used without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

Applications

Several use cases of our existing customers are available.

Product literature

User guide

Full product specification

Lineage

Product leaflet

Contact

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

Pricing

EuroGlobalMap is available as open data.