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UID 32
Name Wikimapia
Description WikiMapia is an open-content collaborative mapping project, aimed at marking all geographical objects in the world and providing a useful description of them. It combines an interactive web map with a wiki system. The goal of Wikimapia is to create and maintain a free, complete, multilingual and up-to-date map of the whole world by compiling as much useful information about all geographical objects as possible whilst enabling free access to our data for public domain. Wikimapia intends to contain detailed information about every place on Earth.
Update Frequency Hourly
Area Global
Temporal -
Timeliness < 1 hr
Data Policy Freely accessible
Data type Geospatial data
Copernicus service product
Data format Vector dataset
Quality Control Procedure Manual
Dissemination View and Download Service
Inspire themes

Annex I: Geographical names
Geographical Coverage

Multiple Countries /Not a specific country
Status -
State Ready
Created on March 20, 2018, 6:28 a.m.
Last modified on April 27, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

Data Providers

Data provider UID Data provider Role Is network Created on Last modified on
593 Wikimapia Team Originator Jan. 15, 2021, 2:22 p.m. April 27, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

Requirements

Requirement UID Requirement Level of compliace Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last modified on
123 Populated areas - Diplomatic Buildings Partially Low update frequency. Accuracy is lower than target April 5, 2018, 3:24 p.m. April 27, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
139 Populated areas - Building Partially Low update frequency. Accuracy is lower than target. April 5, 2018, 4:47 p.m. April 27, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
115 Industry and Utilities Partially Dataset completeness is location dependent. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 1, 2018, 12:17 p.m. May 26, 2023, 12:06 p.m.
23 Transportation network Partially Dataset completeness is location dependent. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 1, 2018, 12:16 p.m. Nov. 19, 2025, 2:32 p.m.
22 Settlements - Building Block Partially Dataset completeness is location dependent. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 1, 2018, 12:12 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
116 Settlements - Building Footprint Partially Dataset completeness is location dependent. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 1, 2018, 12:13 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
24 Hydrographic network Partially Dataset completeness is location dependent. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 1, 2018, 12:01 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:41 p.m.
113 Toponyms Partially Dataset completeness is location dependent. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 1, 2018, 12:17 p.m. May 26, 2023, 12:11 p.m.
146 Land Cover Partially Auxiliary datasource used by interpreters to contrast with availbable very high resolution (VHR) image sources. Not fully compliant due to update frequency, coverage and resolution issues. April 20, 2018, 9:59 a.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:05 p.m.
155 Industry Partially Low update frequency. Accuracy is lower than target April 5, 2018, 4:39 p.m. April 21, 2021, 8:48 a.m.
140 Populated areas - Point of Interest Partially Low update frequency. Accuracy is lower than target April 5, 2018, 3:37 p.m. April 27, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
114 Settlements - Built-Up Areas Partially Dataset completeness is location dependent. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 1, 2018, 12:09 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 1:06 p.m.
159 Toponyms Partially Low update frequency. Accuracy is lower than target. April 6, 2018, 10:39 a.m. April 20, 2021, 7:57 p.m.
559 Populated areas - Facility Partially Low update frequency. Accuracy is lower than target April 30, 2026, 9:51 a.m. April 30, 2026, 9:51 a.m.