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Name OpenStreetMap
Note 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

Data Providers

Data provider Role Is network
OpenStreetMap Foundation Originator

Requirements

Requirement Level of compliace Note Information costs Handling costs
Population - Built-up Area Partially Coverage is not complete.
Industry and Utilities Partially Coverage is not complete.
Hydrography Partially Coverage is not complete.
Transportation Network Partially Coverage is not complete.
Settlements - Building Block Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI.
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.
Toponyms Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI.
Settlements - Built-Up Areas Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI.
Topographic maps Partially Due to limited accuracy and update frequency only partially compliant data set.
Transportation network Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI.
Industry and Utilities Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI.
Land Cover - Water Partially Used for plausibility checks and error detection. Only partially compliant due to heterogenous completeness and quality.
Administrative Boundaries Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillement is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI.
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.
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.
Settlements - Building Footprint Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillement is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI.
Population - Settlements Partially Coverage is not complete.
Urban Mask Partially Accuracy, spatial coverage and update frequency may be lower than target
Land Use Partially Spatial coverage may not be complete. Temporal coverage may be lower than required.
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.
Hydrographic network Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillement is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI.
Land cover Partially Reason for partial requirement fulfillment is dataset location dependency. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI.