TopoMaps

TopoMaps is a WMS allowing visualizing all images corresponding to the standard topographic cartographies made by the National Geographic Institute. As a result, it allows viewing cartographies on a 1:25 000 scale (Top25Map), on a 1:50 000 scale (Top50Map), on a 1:100 000 scale (Landcover100Map) and on a 1:250 000 scale (Top250Map), as well as the administrative map (AdminMap).

With the exception of the administrative map, the cartographies show all themes of the topo-geographic inventory of the Belgian territory (ITGI) which is made and kept up-to-date by the National Geographic Institute: land use, transport, hydrography, buildings and constructions, relief, map lettering and toponyms.

Date (Creation): 2019-06-15

Date (Revision): 2025-10-22

Citation identifier: BE.NGI-IGN / ee9d37a1-8148-11e9-9ad5-482ae30f98d9

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Geographic Institute	Frédérique Spitaels	products@ngi.be	Custodian

Data.gov.be themes

Science and technology

Belgian Federal Thesaurus

Digital and paper maps

Spatial scope

National

Annex D4 of the European Commission Regulation 1205/2008

infoMapAccessService

GEMET - Concept themes, version 4.01

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Keywords

Federal viewer

Use limitation: •The custodian of the resource holds the rights of property (including the rights of intellectual property) to the geographic files •The custodian grants the user the right to use the data for his internal use. •Commercial use of the data under any form is strictly forbidden •Custodian’s name must be mentioned each time the data are being used publically.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No limitations on public access

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: •The custodian of the resource holds the rights of property (including the rights of intellectual property) to the geographic files •The custodian grants the user the right to use the data for his internal use. •Commercial use of the data under any form is strictly forbidden •Custodian’s name must be mentioned each time the data are being used publically.

Service Type: view

Description: Belgium

Coupled Resource

Operation Name	Scoped name	Identifier
GetCapabilities		9427abcf-808e-11e9-bc33-482ae30f98d9
GetCapabilities		9490a6cf-808e-11e9-9847-482ae30f98d9
GetCapabilities		94f81b30-808e-11e9-b09a-482ae30f98d9
GetCapabilities		95cfdd8f-808e-11e9-a3ad-482ae30f98d9
GetCapabilities		9636dcc0-808e-11e9-a657-482ae30f98d9

Coupling Type: Tight

Contains Operations

Operation Name	Distributed Computing Platforms	Connect Point
GetCapabilities	Web services	https://wms.ngi.be/inspire/topomaps/service

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
OGC:WMS	https://wms.ngi.be/inspire/topomaps/service?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.3.0

Hierarchy level: Service

Other: service

Domain consistency

Name of measure: INSPIRE Conformity

Conformance result

Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 976/2009 of 19 October 2009 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services

Date (Publication): 2009-08-19

Explanation: The service described meets the technical requirements as defined by the Commission Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 of 19 October 2009

Pass: Yes

Metadata

File identifier: ee9d37a1-8148-11e9-9ad5-482ae30f98d9 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Service

Hierarchy level name: Webmap Service

Date stamp: 2026-08-20T15:58:22

Metadata standard name: ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata standard version: 1.0

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Geographic Institute	Floor Van Damme	metadata@ngi.be	Point of contact

Other language

Language	Character encoding
French
Dutch; Flemish
German
English	UTF8

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