EuroGlobalMap (full European coverage) - version 10.0, Sep. 2017

EuroGlobalMap is a topographic dataset that covers the EU, Andorra, Croatia, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Greenland, Iceland, Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99), Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine and Vatican at the scale 1:1 Million. It is produced in cooperation by the National Mapping Agencies of Europe, using official national databases.

Thematic layers: Administrative Boundaries, Water network, Transport Network, Settlements and Named Locations.

This metadata refers to the version 10 of EGM of full Europe. For more information about the data product specifications and changes with respect to the previous version of this dataset (EGM v9), please refer to the documents EGM_Specification_v10.pdf, EGM_UserGuide_v10.pdf and EGM_Changes_v10.pdf provided with the dataset (DOCUMENTS.zip).

This metadata has been slightly adapted from the original metadata file provided by EuroGeographics and is to be used only for internal EEA purposes. For reference, the metadata file created by EuroGeographics is provided together with the dataset ("EGM_v10_Metadata.xsl" within the "METADATA.zip")

Simple

Identification info

Date (Creation)
2016-12-31
Edition

10.0

Citation identifier
eurogeographics_v_4258_1_mio_egm-europe_i_1998-2016_v10_r0

Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
1000000
Topic category
  • Location
  • Boundaries
  • Inland waters
  • Transportation
  • Society

Extent

Temporal extent

Time period
1998-01-01 2016-01-30

Extent

N
S
E
W




Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Administrative units

  • Statistical units

  • Geographical names

  • Transport networks

  • Population distribution — demography

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

  • Monaco

  • Faeroe Islands

  • San Marino

  • Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99)

  • Vatican

  • Moldova

  • Serbia

  • Andorra

  • Greenland

  • Gibraltar

  • EFTA4

  • EU28 (2013-2020)

  • Ukraine

  • North Macedonia

GEMET

  • route planning

  • international watercourse

  • administrative boundary

  • national boundary

  • geo-referenced data

  • lake

  • transportation

  • hydrography

  • geography

  • railway network

  • dam

  • railway station

  • tidal water

  • river

  • maritime transport

  • harbour

  • glacier

  • highway

  • artificial lake

  • estuary

  • waterway

  • drainage water

  • data base

  • road

  • coast

  • high-speed railway

  • surface water

  • airport

Spatial scope

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
public access limited according to Article 13(1)(a) of the INSPIRE Directive

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

EGM is available as Open Data.

You may use EuroGlobalMap and the associated data, on condition that you acknowledge the intellectual rights and the source of the Product, by including the following attribution statement:

“This product includes Intellectual Property from European National Mapping and Cadastral Authorities and is licensed on behalf of these by EuroGeographics. Original product is available for free at www.eurogeographics.org Terms of the licence available https://eurogeographics.org/services/open-data/topographic-data/”.

In case the long statement above cannot be used, you may use the following short form:

“© EuroGeographics. Original product is available for free at www.eurogeographics.org Terms of licence available at https://eurogeographics.org/services/open-data/topographic-data/”.

You must include the same acknowledgement requirement in any sub-licences that you grant, and a requirement that any further sub-licences do the same.

The full content of the EuroGeographics Open Data License is available on: https://www.mapsforeurope.org/terms-conditions.



Small scale applications only, map scale 1:500.000 - 1: 2.000.000, not to be used for navigation.

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bul
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UTF8
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cze
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UTF8
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dan
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UTF8
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dut
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UTF8
Language
English
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UTF8
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est
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UTF8
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fin
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UTF8
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fre
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UTF8
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ger
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UTF8
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gre
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UTF8
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hrv
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UTF8
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hun
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UTF8
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ice
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UTF8
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ita
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UTF8
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lav
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UTF8
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lit
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UTF8
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mac
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UTF8
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mlt
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UTF8
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nor
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UTF8
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pol
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UTF8
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por
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UTF8
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rum
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UTF8
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slo
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UTF8
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slv
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UTF8
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spa
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UTF8
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srp
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UTF8
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swe
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UTF8
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bos
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UTF8
Language
geo
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UTF8
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ukr
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UTF8

Distribution Information

Distribution format

  • GDB

  • SHP

OnLine resource

Direct download (Eionet authentication)

OnLine resource

Direct download (Eionet authentication)

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title

EuroGlobalMap: Specifications and Data Catalogue for the release 10.0

Date (Publication)
2017-01-31
Explanation

See the referenced specification and quality reports provided together with the dataset.

Pass
true

Report

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

Resource lineage

Statement

See EGM_Lineage_v10.pdf under "METADATA.zip" provided with the dataset.

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference System Information

Code
EPSG:4258

Metadata

Metadata identifier
27812b75-404e-476e-8a21-07df0122d764

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

Type of resource

Resource type
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/27812b75-404e-476e-8a21-07df0122d764

Date info (Creation)
2018-07-18T08:27:30Z
Date info (Revision)
2025-10-09T10:41:44.205975Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115/19139

Edition

1.0

 
 
Access to the catalogue

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

GEMET

administrative boundary airport artificial lake coast dam data base drainage water estuary geo-referenced data geography glacier harbour high-speed railway highway hydrography international watercourse lake maritime transport national boundary railway network railway station river road route planning surface water tidal water transportation waterway
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Administrative units Geographical names Population distribution — demography Statistical units Transport networks
Spatial scope

European


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