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Urban Atlas (UA) Iceland 2012

The European Urban Atlas provides reliable, inter-comparable, high-resolution land use and land cover data for 800 Functional Urban Area (FUA) for the 2012 reference year in EEA39 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 here: https://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/technical-library/urban-atlas-2012-mapping-guide-new

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 ( Publication )
2019-01-28
Owner
European Environment Agency -
Custodian
Institute of Nature Research -
Smiðjuvellir 28 , Akranes , 300 , Iceland
+354 4309000
Status
Completed
Custodian
Institute of Nature Research -
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Copernicus
  • Land Cover
  • Land use
  • Local
  • Urban Atlas
  • UA2012
  • 2012
  • Evrópuverkefni
  • GSL
Keywords ( Place )
  • Iceland
GSL flokkun ( Theme )
  • Infrastructure and planning
Use limitation

Access to data is based on a principle of full, open and free access as established by the Copernicus data and information policy Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013. This regulation establishes registration and licensing conditions for GMES/Copernicus users and can be found here. Free, full and open access to this data set is made on the conditions that:

When distributing or communicating Copernicus dedicated data and Copernicus service information to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of that data and information.

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

Where that data or information has been adapted or modified, the user shall clearly state this.

The data remain the sole property of the European Union. Any information and data produced in the framework of the action shall be the sole property of the European Union. Any communication and publication by the beneficiary shall acknowledge that the data were produced “with funding by the European Union”.

Access constraints
Copyright
Other constraints
no limitations to public accsess
Spatial representation type
Vector
Metadata language
en
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Boundaries
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / 5325 / 9.5.4
Topology level
Geometry only
Geometric object type
Composite
Geometric object count
17714
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile ( 2 )

OnLine resource
Heimasíða Náttúrufræðistofnun / Homepage of the Institute of Nature Research ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
Institute of Nature Research Download Site ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
Urban_Atlas_UA_Iceland_2012 ( OGC:WMS )
OnLine resource
Urban_Atlas_UA_Iceland_2012 ( OGC:WFS )
OnLine resource
Geoportal ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-11-23
Explanation
See the reference specification
Pass
Yes
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.

In the autumn 2018 the Institute of Nature Research verified the UA layer for year 2012 with the LACO-Wiki online tool. Information on the verification is to be found in the following report: "UA2012_VerificationReport_IS" at the download site of Institute of Nature Research.

Software used for verification: LACO-WIKI, (GoogleEarth, ArcMap 10.5.1)

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier
2f6a1c5c-cabf-4691-85cd-5d8e365a4658 XML
Metadata language
en
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-01-15T14:07:29
Metadata standard name
INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119
Metadata standard version
V. 1.2
Point of contact
Institute of Nature Research - ( )
Smiðjuvellir 28 , Akranes , 300 , Iceland
+3544309000
http://www.lmi.is/
 
 

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Keywords

2012 Copernicus Evrópuverkefni GSL Land Cover Land use Local UA2012 Urban Atlas
GSL flokkun
Infrastructure and planning
INSPIRE application schema register

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