Date (Publication)

2019-01-28

Cited responsible party

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
European Environment Agency		eea.enquiries@eea.europa.eu	Owner
Natural Science Institute of Iceland		natt@natt.is	Custodian

Status

Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Natural Science Institute of Iceland			Custodian

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed

Theme

• Copernicus

• Land Cover

• Land use

• Local

• Urban Atlas

• UA2012

• 2012

• Evrópuverkefni

• GSL

Place

• Iceland

GSL flokkun

• Infrastructure and planning

Use limitation

Access to data is based on a principle of full, open and free access as established by the Copernicus data and information policy Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013. This regulation establishes registration and licensing conditions for GMES/Copernicus users and can be found here. Free, full and open access to this data set is made on the conditions that:

When distributing or communicating Copernicus dedicated data and Copernicus service information to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of that data and information.

Users shall make sure not to convey the impression to the public that the user's activities are officially endorsed by the Union.

Where that data or information has been adapted or modified, the user shall clearly state this.

The data remain the sole property of the European Union. Any information and data produced in the framework of the action shall be the sole property of the European Union. Any communication and publication by the beneficiary shall acknowledge that the data were produced “with funding by the European Union”.

Access constraints

Copyright

Other constraints

no limitations to public accsess

Spatial representation type

Vector

Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Boundaries

Reference system identifier

EPSG / 5325 / 9.5.4

Topology level

Geometry only

Geometric object type

Composite

Geometric object count

17714

Distribution format

Name	Version
ESRI Shapefile	2

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

The Urban Atlas is mainly based on the combination of (statistical) image classification and visual interpretation of Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery. Multispectral SPOT 5 & 6 and Formosat-2 pan-sharpened imagery with a 2 to 2.5m spatial resolution is used as input data. The built-up classes are combined with density information on the level of sealed soil derived from the High Resolution Layer imperviousness to provide more detail in the density of the urban fabric. Finally, the Urban Atlas product is complemented and enriched with functional information (road network, services, utilities etc…) using ancillary data sources such as local city maps or online map services.

In the autumn 2018 the Natural Science Institute of Iceland verified the UA layer for year 2012 with the LACO-Wiki online tool. Information on the verification is to be found in the following report: "UA2012_VerificationReport_IS" at the download site of Natural Science Institute of Iceland.

Software used for verification: LACO-WIKI, (GoogleEarth, ArcMap 10.5.1)

Metadata

File identifier

2f6a1c5c-cabf-4691-85cd-5d8e365a4658 XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2026-09-29T13:17:07.63385396Z

Metadata standard name

INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119

Metadata standard version

V. 1.2

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Natural Science Institute of Iceland		natt@natt.is	Point of contact