Pan-European Vector And Raster Map At 1:1,000,000 Scale

Europe 1:1,000,000 digital map data provides vector and raster coverage of 52 countries. The dataset includes 22 separate vector layers such as administrative boundaries, roads, railways, water features, and points of interest. It is offered by SCIOPS via the NASA Earthdata platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze road and rail network connectivity across Europe using the RDS and RFS vector layers.
• Model hydrological features and drainage patterns with the DRA (drainage) and WAT (water) layers.
• Identify and map protected natural areas like national parks (NPK layer) and regional parks (RPK layer).
• Perform terrain analysis and visualization using the CON (contours and bathymetry) and HTS (heights) layers.
• Study urban extents and major built-up areas for demographic or infrastructure planning with the URB layer.

Strengths

• Covers 52 European countries for continent-wide analysis.
• Offers 22 distinct vector layers for detailed geographic feature separation.

Limitations

• Some layers like WOO (woodland) and SCA (scenic areas) have incomplete geographic coverage noted in the description.
• Specific row counts, file sizes, and temporal coverage are unknown.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS, adapted from Bartholomew Maps.

Geography

Pan-European, covering 52 countries.