National Map 70% open

Spain

Spain is ranked #20 for this dataset
Spain's Index ranking for national map is up from #21 in 2013

What data is expected?

High level map at a scale of 1:250,000 or better (1cm = 2.5km)

What data is available

  •   Does the data exist? Yes
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes(as Base Topográfica Nacional (the topographic national database) is offered at the scales 1:50.000, 1:100.000 and 1:200.000. published by Instituto Geográfico Nacional)
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Is the data machine readable? Yes (shapefiles)
  •   Available in bulk? Yes
  •   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

Files can be downloaded for specific provinces or for Spain as a whole. Downloads require users to register. Also, users need to accept terms of license that exclude commercial use and are not compliant with open licenses: http://www2.ign.es/siane/Principal.do WMS/WMF service for a scale of 1:5.000 is provided here: http://www.iderioja.larioja.org/municipios/servicios_ogc_es.html. Also a commercial is being maintained, called the Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica (https://www.cnig.es/) where users can purchase PDF maps and download is provided for one sheet/file at a time (not in bulk). On the open data catalogue the topographic database at a scale 1:100.000 is available here (http://datos.gob.es/catalogo/base-topografica-nacional-1100000). Download of shapefiles is available in bulk, but data is not provided timely (last update in July 2013).

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Maria Dotor
  • Daniela Mattern

Submitters

  • Adrià Mercader
  • José Félix Ontañón
  • Daniela Mattern