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UID 45
Name OpenStreetMap
Description OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a free, editable map of the whole world. It was started in 2004 in the UK and is edited by various geoscientists, cartographers, survey ingineers etc. aroudn the globe. penStreetMap includes data about roads, buildings, addresses, shops and businesses, points of interest, railways, trails, transit, land use and natural features, etc.
Update Frequency Continuous
Area Global
Temporal -
Timeliness < 1 hr
Data Policy Full and Open
Data type Geospatial data
Copernicus service product
Data format Vector dataset
Quality Control Procedure Manual
Dissemination View and Download Service
Inspire themes

Annex I: Addresses

Annex I: Geographical names

Annex I: Hydrography

Annex I: Transport networks

Annex III: Buildings

Annex III: Land use
Geographical Coverage

Multiple Countries /Not a specific country
Status -
State Ready
Created on March 27, 2018, 3:10 p.m.
Last modified on Dec. 5, 2025, 10:58 a.m.

Data Providers

Data provider UID Data provider Role Is network Created on Last modified on
121 OpenStreetMap Foundation Originator March 27, 2018, 3:35 p.m. Dec. 5, 2025, 10:58 a.m.

Requirements

Requirement UID Requirement Level of compliace Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last modified on
122 Population - Built-up Area Partially Coverage is not complete. April 10, 2018, 11:44 a.m. Jan. 15, 2021, 7:33 a.m.
155 Industry and Utilities Partially Coverage is not complete. April 10, 2018, 11:32 a.m. April 21, 2021, 8:48 a.m.
138 Hydrography Partially Coverage is not complete. April 10, 2018, 11:30 a.m. Jan. 31, 2023, 3:45 p.m.
133 Transportation Network Partially Coverage is not complete. April 5, 2018, 11:16 a.m. Dec. 16, 2020, 12:27 p.m.
22 Settlements - Building Block Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:53 p.m. May 29, 2025, 10:41 a.m.
119 Physiography Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency and only selected heights (e.g. mountain peaks) available. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:57 p.m. June 23, 2022, 12:08 p.m.
113 Toponyms Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:56 p.m. May 26, 2023, 12:11 p.m.
114 Settlements - Built-Up Areas Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:54 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 1:06 p.m.
218 Topographic maps Partially Due to limited accuracy and update frequency only partially compliant data set. June 11, 2018, 6:54 p.m. June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m.
23 Transportation network Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:55 p.m. Nov. 19, 2025, 2:32 p.m.
115 Industry and Utilities Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:56 p.m. May 26, 2023, 12:07 p.m.
264 Land Cover - Water Partially Used for plausibility checks and error detection. Only partially compliant due to heterogenous completeness and quality. Oct. 11, 2018, 12:45 p.m. June 23, 2022, 12:20 p.m.
25 Administrative Boundaries Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillement is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:52 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
146 Land Cover Partially Land Cover/Land Use (LC/LU) information, roads and railways useful to derive the skeleton of mapping units for LC/LU classification at scales around 1:10000; For validation, particularly valuable for the Riparian Zones products and the Urban Atlas. Accuracy, update frequency, as well as coverage could be an issue. March 28, 2018, 2:03 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:05 p.m.
144 Administrative Boundaries Partially Used for creating a backbone structure for the object geometry as well as for interpretation and information on Land Cover/Land Use; however, delineation of p.e. water bodies had to be done using EO data due to the unsufficient geometric accuracy of Open Street Map (OSM) data on water objects for mapping on the scale 1:10000. Nov. 9, 2018, 1:24 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 7:48 a.m.
116 Settlements - Building Footprint Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillement is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:54 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
129 Population - Settlements Partially Coverage is not complete. May 5, 2021, 8:22 a.m. May 5, 2021, 8:24 a.m.
486 Urban Mask Partially Accuracy, spatial coverage and update frequency may be lower than target June 11, 2021, 1:54 p.m. Nov. 5, 2021, 12:05 p.m.
487 Land Use Partially Spatial coverage may not be complete. Temporal coverage may be lower than required. Aug. 31, 2021, 1:55 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:03 p.m.
326 Transportation and railway network Partially Used as additional data source for checking road and transportation network as well as extensions of urban areas. Due to limited accuracy and update frequency only partially compliant data set. Nov. 5, 2018, 3:34 p.m. May 15, 2025, 11:44 a.m.
24 Hydrographic network Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillement is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:47 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:41 p.m.
112 Land cover Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Oct. 12, 2018, 12:57 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:39 p.m.