EEA geospatial data catalogue
Urban Atlas Land Cover/Land Use 2006 (vector), Europe, 6-yearly, Jul. 2015
The European Urban Atlas provides reliable, inter-comparable, high-resolution land use maps for 305 Large Urban Zones and their surroundings (more than 100.000 inhabitants as defined by the Urban Audit) for the reference year 2006 in EU member states.
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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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2015-07-11
- Date (Publication)
- 2015-07-11
- Edition
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xx.xx
- Citation identifier
- copernicus_v_3035_10_m_ua-2006_p_2005-2007_vxx_rxx
- Citation identifier
- DAT-190-en
Identifier
- Point of contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Commission
Owner Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
Custodian European Environment Agency
Publisher Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk
Point of contact
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
Spatial resolution
- Spatial resolution
- 10 m
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Imagery base maps earth cover
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2005-01-01 2007-12-31
Extent
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- 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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EU27 (2007-2013)
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- GEMET
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urban area
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land use
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land cover
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landscape alteration
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- EEA Management Plan
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2018 3.6.2
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- EEA topics
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Buildings and construction
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Land use
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Urban sustainability
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Environmental health impacts
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Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- 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.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Additional Information
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Spatial Resolution information: The Minimum Mapping Width is 10 m
Distribution Information
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
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
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
- Statement
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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.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
- Code
- EPSG:3035
- Maintenance and update frequency
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 551d6741-84d0-43fb-bda8-1768d51bbb4c
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/551d6741-84d0-43fb-bda8-1768d51bbb4c
- Date info (Creation)
- 2018-02-16T14:29:25Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T10:51:06.021443Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115/19139
- Edition
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1.0
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