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UID 219
Name Orthoimagery - Very High Resolution - Up-to-date - Homogenous
Description Very High resolution (aerial) orthoimagery which is up-to-date and provides homogenous spatio-temporal coverage for all EEA39 countries. Useful for product generation and for calibration and validation.
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Quality Control Procedure Manual
Group Aerial Ortho-imagery
Status -
Uncertainty
-
-
-
Update Frequency
3 years
2 years
1 year
Timeliness
3 months
1 month
1 week
Scale
1:10000
1:5000
1:1000
Horizontal resolution
2.5 m
1 m
0.25 m
Vertical resolution
N/A
N/A
N/A
Essential variables
State Valid
Created on June 20, 2018, 1:39 p.m.
Last updated on Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.

Products

Product UID Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
411 High Resolution Layer - Imperviousness Change Classified Reasonable Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Nov. 14, 2020, 9:52 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
413 High Resolution Layer - Share of Built-Up Reasonable Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Nov. 14, 2020, 9:54 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
410 High Resolution Layer - Grassland Change Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for complementing the data base for training and testing samples, for calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Grassland - Grassland Change product May 9, 2020, 9:56 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
402 Coastal Zones Change Layer Firm Product generation Useful Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Potential additional input data source for product generation Nov. 10, 2020, 12:57 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
49 EU-HYDRO Firm Product generation Useful Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency For river network derivation and feature data extraction, photo interpretation of very high resolution (VHR) satellite imagery is required, which can be supported by ortho imagery. Nov. 14, 2020, 8:52 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
412 High Resolution Layer - Impervious Built-Up Mask Reasonable Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Nov. 14, 2020, 9:16 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
319 High Resolution Layer - Dominant Leaf Type Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Forest - Dominant Leaf Type product Oct. 19, 2018, 1:49 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
42 High Resolution Layer - Forest Type Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for the calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Forest - Forest Type product. June 26, 2018, 12:18 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
299 High Resolution Layer - Grassland Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for complementing the data base for training and testing samples, for calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Grassland status layer June 25, 2018, 1:47 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
41 High Resolution Layer - Tree Cover Density Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for the calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Forest - Tree Cover Density product. June 26, 2018, 1:05 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
303 High Resolution Layer - Small Woody Features Firm Product generation Useful Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Potential additional input data source for product generation Nov. 14, 2020, 9:12 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
39 High Resolution Layer - Imperviousness Reasonable Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Nov. 14, 2020, 9:18 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
40 High Resolution Layer - Imperviousness change Reasonable Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Nov. 14, 2020, 9:50 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
296 Urban Atlas Building Height Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency used for complementing the database concerning calibration and validation May 20, 2020, 10:34 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
31 Urban Atlas Firm Product generation Useful Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Potential additional data for creating a backbone structure for the object geometry as well as for interpretation and information on land cover/land use Nov. 14, 2020, 10:07 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
323 High Resolution Layer - Tree Cover Presence Change Firm Supporting exploitation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for the calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Forest - Tree Cover Change Mask product Nov. 16, 2018, 10:41 a.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
303 High Resolution Layer - Small Woody Features Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for the calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Small Woody Features May 20, 2020, 10:43 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
295 Urban Atlas Street Tree Layer Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency used for complementing the database concerning calibration and validation May 20, 2020, 10:35 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
401 Corine Land Cover Plus Backbone - Attributed and Classified Landscape Objects Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency May 20, 2020, 10:41 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
404 Snow & Ice Monitoring: River and Lake Ice Extent Reasonable Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency May 20, 2020, 10:39 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
403 Snow & Ice Monitoring: Fractional Snow Cover Reasonable Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency May 20, 2020, 10:38 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
400 Corine Land Cover Plus Backbone - Land Cover Raster Product Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency May 20, 2020, 10:42 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
31 Urban Atlas Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency used for complementing the database concerning calibration and validation May 20, 2020, 10:34 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
300 High Resolution Layer - Ploughing Indicator Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for complementing the data base for training and testing samples, for calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Grassland - Ploughing Indicator product May 9, 2020, 9:57 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
295 Urban Atlas Street Tree Layer Firm Product generation Useful Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Potential additional data for creating a backbone structure for the object geometry as well as for interpretation and information on land cover/land use Nov. 14, 2020, 10:09 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
35 Natura 2000 Reasonable Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for calibration and validation of the product May 20, 2020, 10:46 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
38 Corine Land Cover Change Reasonable Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Identification/interpretation and verification of land cover mapping. Identification of changes in land cover/land use May 20, 2020, 10:37 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
301 High Resolution Layer - Grassland Vegetation Probability Index Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for complementing the data base for training and testing samples, for calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Grassland - Grassland Vegetation Probability Index product (GRAVPI), which is derived from HRL Grassland status layer and HRL Grassland Ploughing Indicator. May 9, 2020, 9:58 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
47 Coastal Zones Firm Product generation Useful Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Potential additional input data source for product generation Nov. 10, 2020, 12:56 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
37 Corine Land Cover Firm Product generation Useful Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Identification/interpretation and verification of land cover mapping Nov. 14, 2020, 8:45 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
320 High Resolution Layer - Dominant Leaf Type Change Firm Supporting exploitation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Forest - Dominant Leaf Type Change product Nov. 16, 2018, 10:36 a.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
297 Riparian Zones Land Cover/Land Use Reasonable Product generation Useful Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Up-to-date VHR orthoimagery with homogenous spatio-temporal coverage of the EEA 39 countries for the Computer-Assisted-Image-Interpretation in the production of the Riparian Zones Land Cover / Land Use product. Nov. 14, 2020, 10:01 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
298 Natura2000 Change Layer Reasonable Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for calibration and validation of the product May 20, 2020, 10:46 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
32 Urban Atlas Change Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency used for complementing the database concerning calibration and validation May 20, 2020, 10:34 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
321 High Resolution Layer - Tree Cover Density Change Firm Supporting exploitation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for the calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Forest - Tree Cover Density Change product. Nov. 16, 2018, 10:40 a.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
401 Corine Land Cover Plus Backbone - Attributed and Classified Landscape Objects Firm Product generation Useful Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for Deep Learning approach to fill gaps in the road network of the open street map data (OSM) for the hardbone creation Nov. 14, 2020, 8:48 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
32 Urban Atlas Change Firm Product generation Useful Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Potential additional data for creating a backbone structure for the object geometry as well as for interpretation and information on land cover/land use Nov. 14, 2020, 10:08 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
414 High Resolution Layer - Additional Woody Features Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for the calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Small Woody Features - Additional Woody Features product. May 20, 2020, 10:44 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
296 Urban Atlas Building Height Firm Product generation Useful Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Potential additional data for creating a backbone structure for the object geometry as well as for interpretation and information on land cover/land use Nov. 14, 2020, 10:07 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
840 High Resolution Layer - Herbaceous cover Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for complementing the data base for training and testing samples, for calibration and validation May 23, 2024, 8:40 a.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
841 High Resolution Layer - Crop types Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Used for complementing the data base for training and testing samples, for calibration and validation May 23, 2024, 8:41 a.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
34 Riparian Zones Green Linear Elements Reasonable Product generation Useful Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Visual interpretation of Green Linear Elements (hedgerows/scrub and trees) requires at orthoimagery with at least 2.5m and homogenous spatio-temporal coverage of the Riparian Zones within the EEA 39 countries. Nov. 14, 2020, 10 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
855 High Resolution Layer - Grassland Mowing Dates Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Data policy, Resolution Nov. 27, 2025, 3:15 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
856 High Resolution Layer - Grassland Mowing Events Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Nov. 27, 2025, 3:16 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
858 High Resolution Layer - Cropping Patterns Firm Calibration and validation Desirable Availability, Costs, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency Nov. 27, 2025, 3:17 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.

Data

Data UID Data Level of compliance Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last updated on
91 Google Earth Partially Update frequency and resolution are unsufficient. Limited metadata available. Not pure in-situ dataset, in majority consisting of satellite imagery. Nov. 30, 2020, 10:28 a.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
604 INSPIRE Annex II: Orthoimagery Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete and a payment could be required. Do not necessarily coincide with the required reference year. Dec. 18, 2020, 7:40 a.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
297 Environmental System Research Institute World Imagery (ESRI WI) Partially Additional dataset for inconclusive regions; One meter or better resolution aerial and satellite imagery in many parts of the world, combined with lower resolution satellite imagery worldwide. Includes political boundaries and place-names. Higher update frequency and higher resolution would be appreciated for full compliance. Nov. 10, 2020, 11:18 a.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.
90 Bing maps Partially Useful resource for visual interpretation if no other types of validation and calibration data are available. Useful for completion of the database of training and testing samples, calibration and validation. Very limited metadata available. Not pure in-situ dataset, combined with satellite imagery. June 20, 2018, 2:42 p.m. Dec. 4, 2025, 5:11 p.m.