Geographical Names

The layer Geographical Names includes all the names of administrative units, uninhabited places, waterways, remarkable buildings and infrastructures. They are classified into different feature and attribute classes.

Date (Publication): 2019-01-01

Identifier: BE.NGI-IGN / 440dd68c-24b7-4b9d-ab2e-3f1743185841

Purpose: Toponyms are part of our reference maps and are used in Cartoweb.be for geolocation.

Status: Completed

Custodian

National Geographic Institute

Kortenberglaan 115 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium

http://www.ngi.be

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Maintenance note: Pour la mise à jour des données, on vise un cycle de 6 ans. Voor de bijwerking van de gegevens wordt er gestreefd naar een cyclus van 6 jaar. Wir streben nach einem 6-Jahr-Zyklus für die Aktualisierung der Daten.

Data.gov.be themes

Science and technology

Belgian Federal Thesaurus

Spatial scope

National

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geographical names

INSPIRE feature concept dictionary

Named Place

GEMET - Concept themes, version 4.01

Use limitation: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No limitations on public access

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 25000

Metadata language: Nederlands; Vlaams

Metadata language: Français

Metadata language: Deutsch

Character set: 8859 Part 15

Topic category

Location

Description: Belgium

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:3812

Codespace: EPSG

Distribution format

GML ( 3.2.1 )

OnLine resource: View service ( OGC:WMS )
View service

OnLine resource: https://ac.ngi.be/remoteclient-open/GeoBePartners-open/ATOM/0202b8dd-1c7e-4331-8ba7-35e1fef4037a-en.xml ( ATOM )

OnLine resource: Direct access to the webshop ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
Direct access to the webshop

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Dataset: Geographical Names

Domain consistency

Name of measure: INSPIRE Conformity

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: The dataset described fills the technical requirements sustaining the interoperability of data sets and services, as stipulated in the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010

Pass: Yes

Statement: The Geographical Names database had been built up from the map lettering gathered for the edition of the digital 1:10 000 basic map (1994-2009). The lettering referring to the same objects have been grouped. These data were completed with information from surveys for the edition of the basic map (date, classification, awareness, written form status, etc.).

File identifier: 97c75e13-6102-497a-b53d-d47dfa9f7720 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: 9dbefb96-806f-477d-98ed-604c2a695b5f 9dbefb96-806f-477d-98ed-604c2a695b5f

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2024-11-12T11:35:36

Metadata standard name: ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata standard version: 1.0

Point of contact

National Geographic Institute - Floor Van Damme

Kortenberglaan 115 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium

http://www.ngi.be

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