EEA geospatial data catalogue
Urban Atlas Land Cover/Land Use 2018 (vector), Europe, 6-yearly, Jul. 2021
Urban Atlas 2018 provides reliable, inter-comparable, high-resolution land use and land cover data with integrated population estimates for 788 Functional Urban Areas (FUA) with more than 50,000 inhabitants for the 2018 reference year in EEA38 countries (EU, EFTA, Western Balkans countries, as well as Türkiye) and the United Kingdom.
Urban Atlas is a joint initiative of the European Commission Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space in the frame of the EU Copernicus programme, with the support of the European Space Agency and the European Environment Agency.
Per each of the FUAs, a ZIP is provided which includes: (1) the vector data in OGC GeoPackage SQLite format (ETRS89-LAEA, EPSG:3035); (2) PDF document with a high-resolution map of the area; (3) PDF document with the delivery report; (4) symbology files in .lyr, .qml and .sld formats; and (5) a xml document with metadata.
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Identification info
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Date (Creation)
- 2020-04-16
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Date (Publication)
- 2020-04-16
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Date (Revision)
- 2021-07-16
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Edition
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01.03
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Citation identifier
- copernicus_v_3035_10_m_ua-2018_p_2017-2019_v01_r03
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Citation identifier
- DAT-190-en
Identifier
- Point of contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Commission
OwnerCopernicus Land Monitoring Service
CustodianEuropean Environment Agency
PublisherCopernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk
Point of contact
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Spatial representation type
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Vector
Spatial resolution
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Spatial resolution
- 10 m
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Topic category
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Environment
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Imagery base maps earth cover
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Extent
Temporal extent
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Time period
- 2017-01-01 2019-12-31
Extent
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Extent
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Extent
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Maintenance and update frequency
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Continual
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Land use
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- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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EEA38 (from 2020)
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United Kingdom
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- GEMET
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land
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land use
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landscape alteration
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land cover
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urban area
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- EEA topics
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Land use
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- EEA Management Plan
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2018 3.6.2
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Resource constraints
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Access constraints
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Other restrictions
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Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
Resource constraints
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Use constraints
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Other restrictions
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Other constraints
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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.
Associated resource
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Association Type
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Revision Of
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Metadata Reference
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Language
- English
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Character encoding
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UTF8
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Additional Information
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Spatial Resolution information: The Minimum Mapping Width is 10 m
Distribution Information
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Distribution format
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Geopackage
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OnLine resource
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CLMS Website
Download (requires authentication)
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OnLine resource
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https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/UrbanAtlas/UA_UrbanAtlas_2018/MapServer
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OnLine resource
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UrbanAtlas_LCLU_2018
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OnLine resource
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Product Information & Technical Documentation
Data quality info
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Report
Result
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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
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Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
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Statement
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Version v013 marks the Functional Urban Areas (FUA) where population estimates for reference year 2018 has been added to each polygon in the attribute table as Pop2018. Two FUAs (FR030L1 - Fort De France, FR028L1 - Saint Denis) are still in version v012 since no population estimates are available.
Cartography based on satellite images Interpretation (Pléiades, KOMPSAT, Planet, SPOT6, SuperView, etc. - resolution 2 or 4 meters)
Use of ancillary data (Google Earth, OpenStreet Map).
Production land use/cover maps for Functional Urban Area in Europe.
Typology:
11100 Continuous Urban Fabric (S.L. > 80%)
11210 Discontinuous Dense Urban Fabric (S.L. : 50% - 80%)
11220 Discontinuous Medium Density Urban Fabric (S.L. : 30% - 50%)
11230 Discontinuous Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L. : 10% - 30%)
11240 Discontinuous Very Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L. < 10%)
11300 Isolated Structures
12100 Industrial, commercial, public, military and private units
12210 Fast transit roads and associated land
12220 Other roads and associated land
12230 Railways and associated land
12300 Port areas
12400 Airports
13100 Mineral extraction and dump sites
13300 Construction sites
13400 Land without current use
14100 Green urban areas
14200 Sports and leisure facilities
21000 Arable land (annual crops)
22000 Permanent crops (vineyards, fruit trees, olive groves)
23000 Pastures
24000 Complex and mixed cultivation patterns
25000 Orchards at the fringe of urban classes
31000 Forests
32000 Herbaceous vegetation associations (natural grassland, moors...)
33000 Open spaces with little or no vegetations (beaches, dunes, bare rocks, glaciers)
40000 Wetland
50000 Water bodies
External Quality control realized by IGNFI.
Class 1: 0.25 ha
Class 2 - 5: 1 ha.
The Minimum Mapping Width is 10 m.
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
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Code
- EPSG:3035
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
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Code
- EPSG:32740
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
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Code
- EPSG:32620
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Maintenance and update frequency
Metadata
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Metadata identifier
- fb4dffa1-6ceb-4cc0-8372-1ed354c285e6
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Language
- English
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Character encoding
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UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
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Resource type
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Dataset
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Metadata linkage
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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/fb4dffa1-6ceb-4cc0-8372-1ed354c285e6
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Date info (Creation)
- 2021-07-30T07:51:59.92Z
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Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T11:24:47.986609Z
Metadata standard
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Title
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ISO 19115/19139
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Edition
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1.0
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