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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.

Simple

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
  • Reporting INSPIRE
  • Federal Atom
  • Adresses and Toponymy
Spatial scope
  • National
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geographical names
INSPIRE feature concept dictionary
  • Named Place
GEMET - Concept themes, version 4.01
  • nomenclature
  • terminology
  • federal government
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.
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
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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
2022-11-28T17:11:01
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  National Geographic Institute - Gaël Kruwialis
Kortenberglaan 115 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
http://www.ngi.be
 
 

Overviews

overview

Spatial extent

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Keywords

Belgian Federal Thesaurus
Adresses and Toponymy Federal Atom Reporting INSPIRE
Data.gov.be themes
Science and technology
GEMET - Concept themes, version 4.01
federal government nomenclature terminology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geographical names
INSPIRE feature concept dictionary
Named Place
Spatial scope
National

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