Urban Atlas 2012 (vector), Aug. 2016

The European Urban Atlas provides reliable, inter-comparable, high-resolution land use and land cover data for 800 Functional Urban Area (FUA) for the reference year 2012 in EU and EFTA countries. The spatial data can be downloaded together with a map for each FUA covered and a report with the metadata for the respective area. Additional information (product description, mapping guidance and class description) can be found at https://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/technical-library/urban-atlas-2012-mapping-guide-new.



Urban Atlas is a joint initiative of the European Commission Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry in the frame of the EU Copernicus programme, with the support of the European Space Agency and the European Environment Agency.

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Date (Creation)
2016-08-04
Date (Publication)
2016-08-04
Edition

xx.xx
Citation identifier
copernicus_v_3035_10_m_ua-2012_p_2011-2013_vxx_rxx
Status
Obsolete
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Website Role

European Commission

 		https://commission.europa.eu Owner

Copernicus Land Monitoring Service

copernicus@eea.europa.eu

https://land.copernicus.eu Custodian

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu Publisher

Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk

copernicus@eea.europa.eu

https://land.copernicus.eu/en/contact-service-helpdesk Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Continual

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Land use
Keywords

    Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

    • EEA39
    Keywords

      GEMET

      • urban area

      • land use

      • land cover

      • landscape alteration
      Spatial scope

      EEA topics

      • Land use
      Access constraints
      Other restrictions
      Other constraints
      no limitations to public access
      Use constraints
      Other restrictions
      Other constraints

      The Copernicus component is governed by Regulation (EU) No 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU. Within the Copernicus component, a portfolio of land monitoring activities has been delegated by the European Union to the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.



      The Copernicus land monitoring products and services are made available on a principle of full, open and free access, as established by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013.



      Free, full and open access to the products and services of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service is made on the conditions that:



      1. When distributing or communicating Copernicus Land Monitoring Service products and services (data, software scripts, web services, user and methodological documentation and similar) to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of these products and services.



      2. Where the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service products and services have been adapted or modified by the user, the user shall clearly state this.



      3. Users shall make sure not to convey the impression to the public that the user's activities are officially endorsed by the European Union.

      Spatial representation type
      Vector
      Distance
      10  m
      Language of dataset
      English
      Character set
      UTF8
      Topic category
      • Environment
      • Imagery base maps earth cover
      Begin date
      2011-01-01
      End date
      2013-12-31
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      S
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      Additional Information

      Spatial Resolution information: The Minimum Mapping Width is 10 m
      Coordinate reference system identifier
      EPSG:3035
      Distribution format
      • SHP ( 1.1)

      Distributor

      Ordering instructions

      This dataset is no longer accessible from the website of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. You can request access to this dataset by contacting the service desk of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service at copernicus@eea.europa.eu.

      OnLine resource
      Protocol Linkage Name

      OGC:WMS

             		https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/UrbanAtlas/UA_UrbanAtlas_2012/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

      ESRI:REST

             		https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/UrbanAtlas/UA_UrbanAtlas_2012/MapServer
      Hierarchy level
      Dataset

      Conformance result

      Title

      Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

      Date (Publication)
      2010-12-08
      Explanation

      See the referenced specification
      Statement

      The Urban Atlas is mainly based on the combination of (statistical) image classification and visual interpretation of Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery. Multispectral SPOT 5 & 6 and Formosat-2 pan-sharpened imagery with a 2 to 2.5m spatial resolution is used as input data. The built-up classes are combined with density information on the level of sealed soil derived from the High Resolution Layer imperviousness to provide more detail in the density of the urban fabric. Finally, the Urban Atlas product is complemented and enriched with functional information (road network, services, utilities etc…) using ancillary data sources such as local city maps or online map services.

      The Minimum Mapping Unit is 0.5 ha. The Minimum Mapping Width is 10 m.

      Metadata

      File identifier
      13565c71-f48b-49eb-a96f-7db32a6c7f47 XML
      Metadata language
      English
      Character set
      UTF8
      Hierarchy level
      Dataset
      Date stamp
      2021-05-12T18:43:17.483Z
      Metadata standard name

      ISO 19115/19139
      Metadata standard version

      1.0
      Metadata author
      Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Website Role

      European Environment Agency

      sdi@eea.europa.eu

      		Point of contact
       
       
      Access to the catalogue

      Overviews

      overview

      Spatial extent

      thumbnail

      Keywords

      EEA topics

      Land use
      GEMET

      land cover land use landscape alteration urban area
      GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

      Land use
      Spatial scope

      European


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