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INSPIRE Geographical Names GN250

The INSPIRE-conform dataset geographical names Germany is the base for an INSPIRE-conform Web Feature Service (WFS) and Web Map Services (WMS). The dataset includes all relevant feature types from the digital landscape model scale 1:250.000 (DLM250): settlements, transportation, vegetation, hydrography, areas and regions with attributes regarding position (geometry data from DLM250), status and language of the geographical name.

Simple

Alternate title

INSPIRE Geografische Bezeichnungen

Date (Creation)
2015-11-15T00:00:00.000+01:00
Date (Revision)
2021-12-31T00:00:00.000+01:00
Citation identifier
https://registry.gdi-de.org/id/de.bund.bkg.csw/DEBKG00M00000187
Status
On going
Owner
  Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy
Richard-Strauss-Allee 11 , Frankfurt am Main , Bundesrepublik Deutschland , 60598 , DEU
+49 69 6333-1
+49 69 6333-235
https://www.bkg.bund.de
Point of contact
  Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy - service centre
Karl-Rothe-Str. 10-14 , Leipzig , Bundesrepublik Deutschland , 04105 , DEU
+49 69 6333-2995
+49 69 6333-251
https://www.bkg.bund.de
Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
Update scope
Dataset

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geographical names

Keywords
  • names

  • important buildings

  • administrative units

  • hydography

  • settlement names

  • opendata

Spatial scope
  • National
Keywords
  • AdVMIS

Keywords
  • inspireidentifiziert

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

  • hospital
  • mountain
  • watercourse
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
The data are protected by copyright. In accordance with the "Geodatenzugangsgesetz" (Geodata Access Act), the data are made available free of charge for download and online use, see https://sgx.geodatenzentrum.de/web_public/gdz/lizenz/geozg.pdf. The use of the data is regulat-ed by the "Verordnung zur Festlegung der Nutzungsbestimmungen für die Bereitstellung von Geodaten des Bundes – GeoNutzV" (Regulation on the Determination of the Terms of Use for the Provision of Federal Geodata) of 19 March 2013 (Bundesgesetzblatt Jahrgang 2013 Teil I Nr. 14), see https://sgx.geodatenzentrum.de/web_public/gdz/lizenz/eng/geonutzv.pdf. The source note must be observed.
Other constraints

Quellenvermerk: © GeoBasis-DE / BKG (year of last data download)

Other constraints

{"id":"geoNutz/20130319","name":"Nutzungsbestimmungen für die Bereitstellung von Geodaten des Bundes","url":" https://sg.geodatenzentrum.de/web_public/gdz/lizenz/geonutzv.pdf","quelle":"© GeoBasis-DE / BKG (year of last data download)"}

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
300000
Denominator
150000
Language
Deutsch
Language
wen
Language
hsb
Language
dsb
Language
fry
Language
dan
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Location
Extent type code
Yes
Geographic identifier
Bundesrepublik Deutschland (000000000000)
N
S
E
W
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Code
000000000000
Code
000000000000
Unique resource identifier
EPSG 4258: ETRS89 / geographisch
Unique resource identifier
EPSG 32632: WGS 84 / UTM Zone 33N
Unique resource identifier
EPSG 32632: WGS 84 / UTM Zone 32N
Unique resource identifier
EPSG 25833: ETRS89 / UTM Zone 33N
Unique resource identifier
EPSG 25832: ETRS89 / UTM Zone 32N
Unique resource identifier
EPSG 31469: DHDN / Gauss-Krüger Zone 5
Unique resource identifier
EPSG 31468: DHDN / Gauss-Krüger Zone 4
Unique resource identifier
EPSG 31467: DHDN / Gauss-Krüger Zone 3
Unique resource identifier
EPSG 31466: DHDN / Gauss-Krüger Zone 2
Unique resource identifier
EPSG 4326: WGS 84 / geographisch
Distribution format
  • GML ( 3.2 )

Distributor

Distributor
  Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy - service centre
Karl-Rothe-Str. 10-14 , Leipzig , Bundesrepublik Deutschland , 04105 , DEU
+49 69 6333-2995
+49 69 6333-251
https://www.bkg.bund.de
OnLine resource
Dienst "INSPIRE-WFS Geographical Names GN250" (GetCapabilities) ( OGC Web Feature Service )
OnLine resource
Dienst "INSPIRE-WMS Geographical Names GN250" (GetCapabilities) ( OGC Web Map Service )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2014-04-17
Explanation

see the referenced specification

Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

see the referenced specification

Pass
Yes
Statement

Transformation from national name database into INSPIRE. Sources: Geographisches Namenbuch Bundesrepublik Deutschland, IfAG 1981, Ergänzung 1991 bis 1996 Auswahl der Namen: Übersichtskarten 1:500.000, 1:250.000, 1:25.000

Description

Transformation from national name database into INSPIRE

File identifier
142d56bb-108b-4e6a-96a6-8239b80af77e XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-03-23
Metadata standard name

ISO19115

Metadata standard version

2003/Cor.1:2006

Point of contact
  Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy - service centre
Karl-Rothe-Str. 10-14 , Leipzig , Bundesrepublik Deutschland , 04105 , DEU
+49 69 6333-2995
+49 69 6333-251
https://www.bkg.bund.de
 
 

Overviews

overview
overview

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W
thumbnail


Keywords

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1
hospital mountain watercourse
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geographical names

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