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UID 25
Name Administrative Boundaries
Description Administrative Boundaries for the generation of products at scales higher than 10.000. The minimum requirement scale value that has to be met to ensure that data are useful is 1:50000. The coverage required is Global. The type of data required is a vector data. Mandatory attributes: Administrative Subdivision Level Code, Name.
Dissemination View and Download Service
Quality Control Procedure N/A
Group Administrative boundaries
Status -
Uncertainty
N/A
N/A
N/A
Update Frequency
3 years
1 year
6 months
Timeliness
3 hours
1 hour
< 1 hour
Scale
>1:50000
1:25000
>1:10000
Horizontal resolution
25 m
12.5 m
5 m
Vertical resolution
N/A
N/A
N/A
Essential variables
State Valid
Created on Nov. 17, 2017, 9:44 a.m.
Last updated on Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.

Products

Product UID Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
51 Emergency Delineation Map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness April 20, 2018, 11:19 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
52 Emergency Grading map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness April 20, 2018, 11:19 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
50 Emergency Reference Map Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness April 20, 2018, 11:19 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
525 Prevention - Reference Maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 11:06 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
526 Preparedness - Pre-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 11:07 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
527 Recovery/Reconstruction - Post-disaster situation maps Firm Product generation Essential Availability Jan. 20, 2021, 11:07 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
341 First Estimate Product Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Timeliness June 28, 2019, 12:13 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
441 P14 - Impact assessment/exposure analysis on assets and population Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 12:18 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
442 P15 - Detailed impact assessment/exposure analyses on selected aspect Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 12:18 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
443 P16 - Post-disaster soil erosion risk assessment Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 12:19 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
424 P02 - Reference dataset | P02.3a - Reference dataset @1:25000 low level update Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 12:17 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
437 P10 - Urban sprawl analysis Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 12:18 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
425 P02 - Reference dataset | P02.3b - Reference dataset @1:25000 high level update Firm Product generation Essential Availability May 13, 2020, 12:18 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.

Data

Data UID Data Level of compliance Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last updated on
120 Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL) Fully Oct. 1, 2018, 11:53 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
119 Global ADMinistrative Areas (GADM) Fully Oct. 2, 2018, 12:32 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
385 Natural Earth Dataset Partially Accuracy is lower than threshold. Oct. 24, 2018, 10:18 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
45 OpenStreetMap 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.
597 INSPIRE Annex I: Administrative units Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. In particular, some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. Nov. 11, 2020, 5:44 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
634 World Countries Open Data: Administrative units Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case Jan. 5, 2021, 12:07 p.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
4 EuroBoundaryMap Fully Dataset of country boundaries fits with the scale request (1:100.000) and for use in broader geographic extent (European). Nov. 17, 2017, 10:28 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
908 National Geoportal of Luxembourg Partially Coverage could be not complete. Nov. 13, 2025, 10:25 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
295 Vector Map1 (VMap1) Partially Accuracy is lower than threshold. Available in Rapid Mapping SDI. Not all tiles have been publicly released. Oct. 1, 2018, 11:34 a.m. Nov. 28, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
743 Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. April 27, 2026, 4:53 p.m. April 27, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
959 German Geoportal Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Oct. 26, 2026, 10:38 a.m. Oct. 26, 2026, 10:38 a.m.
890 Italian Statistics Database (IstatData) Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. Oct. 26, 2026, 11:28 a.m. Oct. 26, 2026, 11:28 a.m.