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Urban Atlas

The Urban Atlas provides pan-European comparable land cover and land use information for the selected Functional Urban Areas (FUA) in Europe and the United Kingdom.



The product had a six years update cycle between 2006 and 2018 and a 3 years update cycle from 2018. It is available for the 2006, 2012, 2018 and 2021 reference years including the change layers.



For the 2012, 2018 and 2021 reference years a derived from FUAs separate street tree layer is available, and for the 2012 reference year the product suite is complemented with Building Height layer.



The Urban Atlas is a joint initiative of the DG REGIO and the European Union’s Copernicus Land Monitoring Service.

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Identification info

Date (Publication)
2026-01-31
Citation identifier
copernicus_urban-atlas_s

Citation identifier
DAT-190-en

Point of contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

Copernicus Land Monitoring Service

JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu

https://land.copernicus.eu

Custodian

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu

Publisher
Spatial representation type
Grid
Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
10000

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
5000
Topic category
  • Elevation
  • Environment
  • Imagery base maps earth cover

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Temporal extent

Time period
2005-01-01 2007-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2005-01-01 2013-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2011-01-01 2013-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2011-01-01 2014-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2011-01-01 2019-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2012-01-01 2014-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2017-01-01 2018-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2017-01-01 2019-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2018-01-01 2021-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2020-01-01 2021-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2020-01-01 2022-12-31
Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99)
  • Norway
  • Montenegro
  • EEA38 (from 2020)
  • EEA38 (from 2020)
  • EEA39
  • EU27 (2007-2013)
  • Iceland
  • United Kingdom
  • United Kingdom
  • Serbia
  • Türkiye
  • North Macedonia
  • Albania
  • Switzerland
  • EU27 (from 2020)
EEA Management Plan
  • 2018 3.6.2

  • 2018 3.6.2
EEA topics
  • Buildings and construction
  • Land use
  • Land use
  • Urban sustainability
  • Environmental health impacts
GEMET
  • land cover
  • land cover
  • land use
  • land use
  • model
  • model
  • urban area
  • urban area
  • landscape alteration
  • landscape alteration
  • building
  • building
  • land
  • land
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Land use
  • Land use
  • Land cover
  • Land cover
  • Elevation
  • Elevation
Spatial scope
  • European

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas - Building Height 2012, version 2 (raster), Mar. 2020

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Land Cover/Land Use 2018 (vector), Europe, 6-yearly, Jul. 2021

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Street Tree Layer 2012 (vector), Europe, 6-yearly, May 2016

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Land Cover/Land Use Change 2006-2012 (vector), Europe, 6-yearly, Sep. 2016

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Land Cover/Land Use 2006 (vector), Europe, 6-yearly, Jul. 2015

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Street Tree Layer 2018 (vector), Europe, 6-yearly, Feb. 2021

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Land Cover/Land Use Change 2012-2018 (vector), Europe, 6-yearly, Jan. 2021

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Land Cover/Land Use 2012 (vector), Europe, 6-yearly, Jan. 2021

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Building Height 2012 (raster 10 m), Europe - version 3, Oct. 2022

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Building Height 2012 (raster 10 m), Europe - version 3, Oct. 2022

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Street Tree Layer 2021 (vector), Europe, 3-yearly, Jan. 2026

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Land Cover/Land Use 2018 (vector), Europe, 3-yearly, Jan. 2026

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Land Cover/Land Use 2021 (vector), Europe, 3-yearly, Jan. 2026

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Land Cover/Land Use Change 2018-2021 (vector), Europe, 3-yearly, Jan. 2026

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Atlas Building Block Height 2021 (raster 10 m), Europe, 3-yearly, Jan. 2026

Metadata

Metadata identifier
e006507d-15c8-49e6-959c-53b61facd873

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
Series
Metadata linkage

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/e006507d-15c8-49e6-959c-53b61facd873

Date info (Creation)
2022-09-29T14:39:51.423Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-02-06T15:30:34.606237Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3:2018

Edition

1.0

 
 
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Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

EEA Management Plan

2018 3.6.2 2018 3.6.2
EEA topics

Buildings and construction Environmental health impacts Land use Land use Urban sustainability
GEMET

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

Elevation Elevation Land cover Land cover Land use Land use
Spatial scope

European


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