National Map 34% open (avg.)

The original website (http://emap.nlsc.gov.tw/gis/ ) is a mapping service online, you have to register to use more function.

In 2014, The Ministry of Interior has built their open data platform (only in Traditional Chinese), http://data.moi.gov.tw/MoiOD/default/Index.aspx in June. They provide the map web service to download to use.

They also provide the data to http://data.gov.tw , people also can download the data in http://data.gov.tw/node/9363 .

The Principles of Use are compliant with the open definition.

Estimado Gil Zaretzer:

Con respecto a la evaluación del Dataset del mapa nacional, cordialmente aclaramos que en Colombia esta información es gratis, de hecho relaciono a continuación una url donde encontrará una lista de servicios web geográficos wms y wfs de consumo gratis: http://www.igac.gov.co/wps/portal/igac/raiz/iniciohome/MapasdeColombia/Descargas

Quedo atento ante cualquier inquietud.

Gracias.

National map data is published by Ordnance Survey (https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/) for Great Britain and is open data: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html

Ordnance Survey's OpenData suite of digital products includes 1:250,000 scale raster mapping for all of Great Britain, and additional national mapping at higher resolution (OS StreetView, OS Open Map - Local, OS Open Roads, OS Open Rivers and OS Boundary-Line).

The Ordnance Survey's OpenData product suite is released under the Open Government Licence, which complies with the Open Definition. The mapping is actively maintained and updated regularly.

As Ordnance Survey is the national mapping agency for Great Britain only, the coverage excludes Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

Separate national mapping data for Northern Ireland is produced by Ordnance Survey for Northern Ireland (OSNI) (http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/ordnance-survey-of-northern-ireland). However open data mapping for Northern Ireland is not currently available at resolutions of 1:250,000 or better.(http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/information-and-services/property-and-housing/your-neighbourhood-roads-and-streets/ordnance-survey-of-northern-ireland/product-range/digital-products.htm). OSNI mapping is available for re-use on commercial terms.

A map of Denmark at the scale 1:200.000 is provided here: http://download.kortforsyningen.dk/content/danmark-1200000

To download the map you need to register with an email address. The process is automated.

License is CC 4.0 BY. As of 26.09.2013 extensive portions of Norwegian map data is released in digital form, under a open license ( CC 3.0 BA ) - the announcement is here: http://www.kartverket.no/Om-Kartverket/Nyheter/Nasjonale-kartdata-blir-gratis/ New maps will be added, but at this point in time Norway maps with a resolution 1:50 000 and up, are available, here: http://data.kartverket.no/download/ 2d views, terrain models, location names, road data, and boundary maps are all part of this map release. An online (WMS) version of the maps is available, freely, here: http://beta.norgeskart.no/ In order to download data, the portal requires users to register.

Update 2015: Markings of national roads, national boarders, streams, rivers, lakes and mountains are also included in the data avaliable. The data is updated at least once a year, some every week.

A list of current datasets to be downloaded http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/aineistot-palvelut/latauspalvelut/avoimien-aineistojen-tiedostopalvelu (in Finnish)

Currently users can download the basic, terrain map (raster) in 1:50 000 resolution. In the future other map data will be published for free download ja use. Roadmap in Finnish: http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/aineistot-palvelut/latauspalvelut/avoimien-aineistojen-tiedostopalvelu

No changes from 2014

Use The National Map Viewer and Download Platform to visualize, inspect, and download our most current topographic base map data and products for free. Managed by the USGS National Geospatial Program (NGP), the National Map Viewer provides access to all eight primary data themes of The National Map to include US Topo and historical topographic map products. The viewer platform is extended upon the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency's (NGA) Palanterra x3 Viewer. Data include: Elevation, Orthoimagery, Hydrography, Geographic Names, Boundaries, Transportation, Structures, and Land Cover, while products include: US Topo and Historical Topo Maps. The National Map Viewer also allows visualization and identification queries (but not downloads) of Other Featured Data, to include Scanned Topo Maps, Ecosystems, Protected Areas, Gap Analysis Program Land Cover, Wetlands, Public Land Survey System, and National Park Service Boundaries. Also included is a Natural Hazards panel to view hazards-related information, such as for earthquakes, floods, wildfires, and weather, along with the U.S. National Grid for emergency response. Observation: expert review was done on 27th and 28th of November and on both dates the map viewer did not load on Chrome and Firefox.

1:250 000 scale Topographic vector data is also downloadable in full https://www.ga.gov.au/products/servlet/controller?event=FILE_SELECTION&catno=63999 One of the first government organisations to adopt open licencing, specifically Creative Commons. http://www.ga.gov.au/copyright.html Also provides WMS API http://www.ga.gov.au/mapconnect/wms.jsp

Digital maps at a scale of 1:250.000 are available here: http://www.geodatenzentrum.de/geodaten/gdz_rahmen.gdz_div?gdz_spr=deu&gdz_akt_zeile=5&gdz_anz_zeile=1&gdz_unt_zeile=1&gdz_user_id=0#dok The data is available via a WebMapService and as Shape-files. This map should be covered by the GeoNutzV. http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/geonutzv/index.html It is technically not a license but it is intended to allow for reuse with attribution requirements only. However compliance with the Open Definition has not been properly reviewed yet. A list of all map products available for download can be found here: http://sg.geodatenzentrum.de/downloadPortal/

Metadata for Basemap.at is available on the government's open data portal, https://www.data.gv.at/datensatz/?id=2c54f4d6-5712-4e5a-a025-b7f7a396c39b.

Multiple national scale framework data are available from Natural Resources Canada in the following portal: http://geogratis.gc.ca/api/en/nrcan-rncan/ess-sst/$categories?scheme=&q=GeoBase

The frequency of updates is uncertain, for examples roads may be updated more frequently than lets say political borders since they do not change, the same can be said for water features. An examination of the full metadata for the road network of the province of British Columbia indicates that it is updated annually http://geogratis.gc.ca/api/en/nrcan-rncan/ess-sst/0e497e59-b9d0-4794-aef9-59b52b448c2b.html

The following are the data which constitute the national map. Geobase 2.0 2 GeoBase - Aboriginal Lands of Canada 14 GeoBase - Canadian Digital Elevation Data 1 GeoBase - Canadian Geodetic Network - Canadian Base Network 1 GeoBase - Canadian Geodetic Network - Federal 2-D Densification Network 1 GeoBase - Canadian Geodetic Network - Federal 3-D Densification Network 1 GeoBase - Canadian Geodetic Network - Primary Vertical Bench Marks 1 GeoBase - Canadian Geographical Names 37 GeoBase - Canadian Geopolitical Boundaries 1 GeoBase - Control Points for Landsat 7 Imagery 1 GeoBase - Federal Electoral Districts 2 GeoBase - GeoBase Orthoimage 2005-2010 5,344 GeoBase - Land Cover, circa 2000-Vector (LCC2000-V) 969 GeoBase - Municipal Boundaries 8 GeoBase - National Hydro Network (NHN) 1,843 GeoBase - National Railway Network (NRWN) 11 GeoBase - National Road Network (NRN) 13 GeoBase - RADARSAT-1 Orthorectified Imagery 5 GeoBase - Raw Imagery GeoBase 2005-2010 5,27

English version of license terms is available at: http://www.lmi.is/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/licenceNLSI.pdf Users have to register to have access to the service. A download link is provided that can be used during 2 days from the registered IP. Raster maps are provided for the following scales: 1:25.000, 1:100.000 and 1:250.000

The list of available web services can be found here: http://www.inegi.org.mx/inegi/contenidos/serviciosweb/infogeografica.aspx Topographical maps can be found here: http://www3.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/biblioteca/detalle2.aspx?c=2031&upc=0&s=geo&tg=999&f=2&cl=0&pf=prod&ef=0&ct=206000000 Data is provided by INEGI in a large variety of formats, including SHP, WMS, GIF, TIF and GEOPDF. It cannot be downloaded in bulk but only for administrative regions. The downloadable is also not timely. But the webservice is. Also the complete webservice application can be downloaded and installed on a PC.

INEGI changed its internal normativity to make all information free. They only charge a cost of distributrion is incurred (eg. printing): http://sc.inegi.org.mx/repositorioNormateca/Nod_23Sep14.pdf

Right now the terms of use clearly state that the only requirement is the source attribution.

Furthermore, following the change in normativity already provided, starting november 11th, INEGI will adopt the Mexican Open license that can be found at 'http://datos.gob.mx/libreusomx/'.

The full data set is openly licensed (CC-BY) and available via direct download on the PDOK website in scale 1:50,000 (700MB) and 1:10,000 (2GB).

There is further information available on the website of Kadaster (http://www.kadaster.nl) but they do request registration first. Data is available there in several scales starting from 1:5000 until 1:250,000.

The current data is outdated however, with part of the map data from 2013 (also in the prospective release in Nov). Therefore changed 'up-to-date' to 'no'.

Files can be downloaded for specific provinces or for Spain as a whole. Downloads require users to register. Also, users need to accept terms of license that exclude commercial use and are not compliant with open licenses: http://www2.ign.es/siane/Principal.do WMS/WMF service for a scale of 1:5.000 is provided here: http://www.iderioja.larioja.org/municipios/servicios_ogc_es.html. Also a commercial is being maintained, called the Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica (https://www.cnig.es/) where users can purchase PDF maps and download is provided for one sheet/file at a time (not in bulk). On the open data catalogue the topographic database at a scale 1:100.000 is available here (http://datos.gob.es/catalogo/base-topografica-nacional-1100000-0). Download of shapefiles is available in bulk, last update in July 2015 (07-13-2015).

The data is fully available in the OGD India website mentioned above with their links. The information available on OGD India and is completely open for reuse and further studies and research. Maps are available at https://data.gov.in/catalog/bhuvan-geoportal-nrscisro#web_catalog_tabs_block_10.

Bhuvan (http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/data/download/index.php) is the gateway on Indian Earth Observation. It gives an easy way to experience, explore and visualize IRS images over Indian region. Bhuvan platform provides wide ranging information through its interactive maps and a number of products which are available on its site. The data is available for download to every one and the policy clearly states that the data can be distributed and further used for developing applications and research. But data doesn't include administrative boundaries, public equipments, transport systems, etc.

Survey of India (http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/), the National Survey and Mapping Organisation of the country under the Department of Science & Technology, provides varrious types of mapping data. The full list of available mapping products is here: https://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/display/59-publications.

The license here - https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/NDSAP.pdf does not considered open

The National Agency for Spatial Planning with the collaboration of IT agency of the State, have launched a geodata portal and allow users to download the data in machine readable format. there was trying to apply opn data principles, but there are no license and the legal mentions do not clarify the user right to reuse the data.

GeoBolivia pretende dotar a instituciones y usuarios en general, de información geográfica de interés de rápido acceso e independientemente del lugar o dispositivo del cuál se acceda; es decir, disponer de una información geográfica relevante, actualizada, armonizada y de calidad para apoyar la toma de decisiones y el desarrollo social, económico y ambiental del país.

Presentacion WEB: http://geo.gob.bo/presentacion/#/

Video: https://goo.gl/62tvEN

Infraestrutura de Datos Espaciales (IDEuy) is responsible for aggregating information on geospacial data produced by different government agencies.

Beyond the linked data, one can find other maps visualizations (http://ide.uy/inicio/herramientas/visualizadores-de-mapas/visualizadores-de-mapas some of them with downloadable data), a metadata catalogue (http://ide.uy/inicio/herramientas/catalogo+de+metadatos/catalogo+de+metadatos) and geoservices (http://ide.uy/inicio/herramientas/geoservicios).

A raster map with the scale 1:1.000.000 as well as several vector and geology datasets are provided for free. Additional data is sold via the online shop. An interactive map viewer with all available layers and visualization of changes over time is available here. A catalogue of all existing geospatial data is available on a specific data catalogue for geo-data with detailed meta-descriptions and detailed information on updates to topographical maps. Several geographic data sets will also be available on the Swiss Open Government Data Portal.

There is a machine-readable 1:250.000-scale vectorial map data suitable for ingestion in digital map-making systems (GIS), which includes administrative boundaries, water bodies, transportation infrastructure, energy and communication, etc. There are several other map products, at scales both greater and smaller that the above one. The licensing is unclear on the website of IBGE. As no clear license is available it has been evaluated as "not openly licensed". Also, proprietary formats are used to publish data. However, data is claimed to be public domain on Open Street Map, see http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-br/2009-January/000029.html.

Evidence from the server where the files are hosted suggest that these maps are from 2013, in which case they are not being regularly updated (the criteria for it is to be updated at least once a year).

Allows to search for geospatial information published in different formats by the institutions that are part of the National Geospatial Information Catalog.

Data is updated, but there is no specific license.

the Italian Military Geografy Institute has the official mandate to manage spatial data There are other resources (eg. National Cartographic Portal), but the refresh of data is obsolete. At present the Military Geografy Institute has an open data policy.

Some spatial data sets are available for download through the Geoportal CNR Website (data sets are related to boundaries, transportation, hidrography and elevation). To note that the data sets are free of charge bu cannot be used for commercial purposes without getting the authorization of the CNR.

Note that also webservices are available as WMS for viewing the information.

http://cloud.cnr.gob.sv/ArcGIS/services/SVWGS84/MapOficial/mapserver/WMSServer http://cloud.cnr.gob.sv/ArcGIS/services/SVWGS84/RelieveOficial/mapserver/WMSServer

The NGI has provided a mapviewer application to show the different layers of their maps as requested in these global census. However it not yet available in a downloadable open format for the whole of Belgium, nor is it available for non-commercial use.

We do have to nuance that these maps are openly available for Flanders and Brussels on http://www.geopunt.be/catalogus thanks to the Open Data Policy of Flanders.

While the high resolution map is only available as paid product (http://big.go.id/peta-rupabumi/), there is WMS and GeoJSON access to the basemap.

Data did not change.

Map includes satellite imagery and annotation. Download does not appear to be possible and data is not openly licensed.

This is the updated map after the territorial administration reform.

The data is maintained by the national cadastre. There are several other localized cartography services that add detail. The maps are not available in bulk though.

QA review - Data is © 2014 АГКК. Changed from Unsure to No.

QA review - the footer notes it is © 2014 Harita Genel Komutanlığı eposta

The new iGEO site provides full maps with 1:10000 resolution and clear open data terms.

However, this data is free for academic and research purposes, but sold for commercial purposes (e.g. companies). This is made clear in their FAQ (in Portuguese):

«A utilização da informação é gratuita para a Administração Pública e Academia, prevendo-se a cobrança de taxas justas para as empresas, com aplicação de descontos caso se tratem de entidades sem fins lucrativos.»

There is also GIS based maps present in form of shapelfiles with Districts and Thehsil level boundries and names at http://www.pakresponse.info/MapDataCenter/GISData.aspx

Data is in pdf format and not machine readable.

Data that can be downloaded is an XML document file or JPGIS2.x format, encoded in JPGIS2.x (GML) format. Data is provided timely (last update: 31/07/2015). Users need to register to download data. No terms of use are provided and the FAQ (http://fgd.gsi.go.jp/download/faq_download.html) also do not mention terms of use.

Basemap data is protected by Survey Law.

The Singapore Lands Agency will provide digitised mapping information, but this is sold and not under an open licence. In addition the SLA make available a mapping API (One Map) similar to Google Maps, but the terms make clear that the mapping information within the API cannot be used elsewhere (see http://www.onemap.sg/home/TermsOfUse.html section 3(b)(i) "you shall not: store, download, archive, print, distribute, reproduce, copy, modify, edit, transmit, upload in any medium or incorporate into any other materials, any of the Site or the Material; or" 2015 -

Data is updated regularly and after payment it is available in bulk.

Data can be bought here - http://www.onemap.sg

In addition to web browser access to the online maps, mapping data can be purchased for offline use in various product forms (http://www.digimap.je/data-prices)

Providing the base map data for free is under consideration as part of an open data initiative (https://blog.gov.je/2015/07/17/open-data-the-story-so-far/)

Same as last year. Map upload really slowly.

Digital Topographic Map (B100k-OM) The B100k-OM is a topographic map of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It shows the key geographical features and is suitable for map applications in 1:100 000 scale. The image for download is geo-referenced to the local coordinate system in Hong Kong 1980 Grid.

Digital Orthophoto Map (DOPM100-L0-OM) The DOPM100-L0-OM is an orthophoto map of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is mosaicked from geometrically rectified aerial photographs and constructed for measurement accurate to 1:100 000 scale. The image for download is geo-referenced to the local coordinate system in Hong Kong 1980 Grid. (Remark: The area beyond the Hong Kong territory is produced from Landsat-7 satellite image.)

Selected layers available. Not all layers available in a single map. Outsourced to Digimap Powered by ESRI

Maps are available via interactive portal without means to export data for the general public (other than printing in PDF). Maps are available in resolutions up to 1:2000 .

There is a copyright notice at the bottom of the page, apart from that, no other license is available specifically for the data - so "No" is indicated as an answer in this regard.

The data, though, should be available for download, even in bulk, machine/readable formats, for a fee. We couldn't test this functionality, therefore we couldn't specify the formats of the data and stated "Unsure" in the question about machine-readability.

According to our knowledge, the data for the whole of Slovakia is updated approximately once in 3 years. The map seems to be up-to-date at the moment, but no information about last updates is provided, so "Unsure" is indicated as an answer for the last question.

(C) MANNGIS on visualisation but MannGIS is a government service and the Ts&Cs on the footer reference a new IM OGL open government licence .

ESRI ArcGIS also has a free tools for low end reuse.

Borders and some of the rivers and lakes are available freely (RUIAN and DIBAVOD databases), downloadable via public remote access (Veřejný dálkový přístup).

The rest is a part of paid services (ZABAGED).

An interactive map viewer for the Philippines is available here: http://www.geoportal.gov.ph/viewer/ Layers can be selected and downloaded. Additionally the configured map can be downloaded as PDF. There is no terms of use or license statement.

p/s: data did not change

The vectors of the data are also sold in machine-readable format:

http://www.act.public.lu/fr/espace-pro/bd-topo-carto/bd-l-tc/

The Inspire portal at http://inspire.geoportail.lu/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page offers vectors over WMS in SVG format.

For the Turks and Caicos national map, there are external websites that can be viewed such as:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z23Hv3inRkKM.k_2Z3THUsfdE&hl=en

https://www.visittci.com/providenciales/maps/national-parks

Central Informatics Organization is responsible for creating and maintaining GIS data in Bahrain, it provides a number of applications for browsing the data such as the Explore Bahrain App ( http://www.bahrainlocator.gov.bh/ ). However, the data cannot be downloaded, is not machine readable, and is not open.

Kuwaiti government online has a page for Kuwaiti map but there is an error in the page (http://www.e.gov.kw/sites/kgoArabic/Portal/Pages/Others/KuwaitMap.aspx).

The municipality of Kuwaiti has a map fro Kuwaiti linked with google maps (http://gis1.baladia.gov.kw/).

Reviewer's comment: When checking again, the map worked. It has zoom up to 1:150,000, further zooms sometimes don't show anything, though, it apparently provide zoom up to 1:5,000 for some locations. The map has marks for roads, national borders, etc. Not sure when it is updated though.

The most complete, detailed and up-to-date maps in Cameroon have to be found at the National Institute of Cartography.

It is a public body in charge of conception and construction of map, either administrative map, road map, topographic map or geodesic map. It is also in charge of handling the production specific map according to anyone purpose or goal. It may be a map or a monograph for a specific locality, for a council, etc. with any type of information one might need.

But the problem is that they charge a fee for accessing maps. All their maps are up-to-date.

www.inc-cameroun.cm/

Previous revision was proposing FranceRaster, which is only TIFF images, not matching the prerequisites here.

After full examination of all open or not available data from IGN (national geography administration), BD TOPO as shapefiles seems the only dataset matching all the requirements of yearly updates, precision and contents. Some of the different contents can be accessed openly through some of the following databases but either with not enough precision or not enough updates. No combination of those allow to build the full requirements: - ROUTE500 http://professionnels.ign.fr/route500 (roads + national limits, no fresh update) - BD ALTI250 MNT http://professionnels.ign.fr/bdalti (moutains) - BD CARTO http://professionnels.ign.fr/bdcarto (roads + water + national limits, not open)

The National Centre for Statistics and Information provides a number of geospatial data that could be navigated through web-based and mobile apps.

The GeoPlatform App provides users with the ability to view graphic and satellite maps and overlay different informational geographic and social layers. There are also other apps that focus on specific layers such as government services.

Viewing the maps does not require any registration and is available for free. Downloading the data requires registration which involves a manual activation and cannot be completed entirely online. It could not be confirmed if machine-readable data could be downloaded or the extent to which data could be downloaded in bulk.

Qatar has an official geospatial data portal ( http://geoportal.gisqatar.org.qa/qmape/index.html ) that provides an interactive map with a variety of data layers. However, it is not possible to download the data from the website and the website is built using Flash and can only be accessed through direct human input. It is not clear from the website the date of the last update of the data of this map.

Updating previous submission by Chadi, changing the "machine readable" question to No, as maps are in PDF format

Introducing the new address system called "Road Name Address", The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs (MOGAHA) of Korea, Republic of have developed a new electronic map with the help of the Korea Local Information Research & Development Institute (KLID). This map can be downloaded on the Website of the National Spatial Information Clearinghouse (NSIC) after the registration. The data is not open, but anyone can request and download it. Also, people can download daily updates of the address system and its corresponding map data on the Korean Website of "Road Name Address" after the separate registration.

The Data is available but need a consent from the office for being use in other projects. It is replacing an old and disfunctional national map site. It is not clear when and how often it is being updated.

There are some layers which are clearly up-to-date (e.g. bus stations, lanes, routes), while others are clearly not - and there is no metadata to differentiate or even indicate which layer is up to date or not.

Moreover, the only export option available of the data is to export PNG (=image) files, and no textual/geospatial data is available for download.

Romanian INSPIRE Geoportal offers an online viewer, the viewer is free to use and public without restrictions, however it only allows to saves pdfs and print, not actually download the data. The website does say you can register and get access to further data, but it does not specifify what kind of data, formats or fees, so I left the last few questions as "unsure". The website's disclaimer sayes the data is public for use and distribution but does not say anything about commercial use so I had left this as "unsure" as well.

The State Agency for Real Estate Registry also is responsible for organizing geospatial data. All available map products are listed here: http://www.katastar.gov.mk/en/Page.aspx?Id=459&m=1564 Data is currently offered in different formats for a small fee. Data can't be ordered and paid online. An online map service is available here: http://gis.katastar.gov.mk/Arec/ Different layers can be selected but there is no download option available.

Unsure how to answer the "Available for free" and "Machine-readable" criteria:

• there is an online version http://kartes.lgia.gov.lv/karte/ which is free but not machine-readable (it's an online map)
• detailed machine-readable versions are also available (as OGC WMS, OGC WFS services, etc.) but it is a paid service and it is not clear how to get access to them. here's the official publication with a list of fees: http://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=258991

Latvian Geospatial Information Agency: http://www.lgia.gov.lv/en/Par%20mums.aspx

Map services available: http://map.lgia.gov.lv/index.php?lang=2&cPath=4

See also:

• The State of Open Data in Latvia: 2014. Baltic J. Modern Computing, Vol. 2 (2014), No. 3, 160-170 - http://arxiv.org/abs/1406.5052

Data did not change from 2014

Seemingly no changes since 2013.

Public transport services in Ecuador are privately managed. There are no national-level government operated public transport services. Trains are operated by the government, though these are used only for tourism services and not for public transportation. There are other city-level public transport services operated or commissioned by local governments, like Metrovía in Guayaquil and Trolebus in Quito. This question was answered considering privately operated national-level public transport services (interprovincial buses). Most timetables are available in printed form, and some bus companies have it published on their websites.

The national basemap is provided by the national geographical institute at the scale of 1/50 000e, 1/200 000e, 1/500 000e, 1/1 000 000e(1)

1. http://ign-n.ne/index.php/le-ministere

An online map for navigation and selecting various layers is available here: https://www.geodata.se/GeodataExplorer/index.jsp?loc=en User can only download the current view of the map as PDF

Lantmäteriets National maps are availiable in the scales 1:1 000 000 (Sweden map), 1:250 000 (Overview map), 1:100 000 (Roadmap) and 1:10 000 (Real property map) with national coverage. There is also a terrain map in the scale 1:50 000. The agency is funded by charging for data and thus very little open data is available. A couple of map products is provided (http://www.lantmateriet.se/en/Maps-and-geographic-information/Valj-produktomrade/#faq:Digitala-allmanna-kartor). Data can't be downloaded in bulk though. The license is not open: http://www.lantmateriet.se/en/Maps-and-geographic-information/Geodata-services/Villkor-och-avgifter/

The only openly licensed map data (in the scale 1:1 000 000) is available at this url: http://www.lantmateriet.se/Kartor-och-geografisk-information/Kartor/Sverigekartor/Gratis-Sverigekartor/

The Geographical National Institute of Benin is responsible for the production of topographic maps at the scale of 1:200000, 1:50000, 1:25000 but according to a 2008 report from the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water, whole coverage of the country is only available at 1:200000 scale

At the same products relevant to emergency situations mapping are available for free in the website of State Committee on Land Management and Geodesy of the Republic of Tajikistan. http://goskomzem.tj/index.php/geoportal/karta

The Bahamas National Geographic Information Systems (BNGIS) offers access to geographic maps here, but at the moment it's still a work in progress and nothing is available.

Can argue that this data is not digital - you can only get printed versions not the files themselves (although it must exist in a digital format for them to be able to generate these prints).

http://www.caymanlandinfo.ky/StandardMaps/tabid/66/Default.aspx

State Service of Geodesy and Cartography of Kyrgyz Republic has a printed map of the country and cities. But for some cities the data is not publicly available at all.

There is a GIS map in 1 : 250,000, and even 1 : 50,000 from 2013 on the" INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA" website. No license was found on the website, and therefore it is not openly licensed. Information is not readily accessible and much information you have to pay

The government distributes copies of the map of Dominica at every entry point for free in Dominica.

Political Boundaries are available here - http://www.osi.ie/products/professional-mapping/boundary-data/ "The County, ED’s and Townlands are digitised from OSi large scale data at 1:1,000, 1:2,500 and 1:5,000 scale and are available on a county or national basis (Republic Only) in DXF, SHP and TAB formats. All boundaries are available in both Irish National Grid (IG) and Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM) projections.

Small Areas are a national boundary dataset, which subdivides the existing Electoral Districts (ED) boundaries into substantially smaller units, with each small area having a minimum of 65 households."

The OSI is governed by the ORDNANCE SURVEY IRELAND ACT, 2001 http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/act/pub/0043/, which means that it is the states NMO but also a commercial enterprise.

There is an interactive map Viewer http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,588882,739883,0,10 that allows the public to visualize the data.

Data are available via webmapping service called MapGenie http://www.osi.ie/Services/MapGenie.aspx with additional information provided here http://www.osi.ie/Services/MapGenie-Learn-More.aspx. Data are accessed this way via an institutional agreements between clients and OSI. MapGenie is not open to the public on a free basis.

The data are machine readable as just explained but for a fee and the same is true for data available in bulk.

In terms of Intellectual Property OSI data are protected under the Copyright and related Act 2000 as discussed here it data are not available under an OPEN LICENCE, all OSI data are protected under the Copyright and related Act 2000 as discussed here http://www.osi.ie/Services/Copyright.aspx, and Copyright Permit CP1 and there are Licence Fees. For example "copyright Ordnance Survey Ireland and Government of Ireland and are protected under the terms of the Copyright Acts. Anyone wishing to reproduce OSi material, or use it as a basis for their own publications, must obtain prior permission from OSi. The permit covers reproduction of OSi mapping data in facsimile form and also the use of copyright material in a new compilation based on OSi mapping. The permit requires that an acknowledgement to Ordnance Survey Ireland and Government of Ireland copyright and a permit number must appear on the final reproduction".

The OSI has allowed some academic institions to display and use their data via MapGenie here is one example (http://airo.maynoothuniversity.ie/datastore/private-households-t5-sa) however this is for non commercial use only

Same as last year. I could not find a machine readable format.

Submitter's comments: Some areas still require mapping, Data sets are in departmental silos and as such can be bureaucratic to get.

Reviewer's comments: It does not appear as if Botswana has a national map released officially, although I am sure it exists internally (which is also what the submitter is hinting at as far as I can tell). I'm marking this in existence, but not publicly available.

Comments from 2015: There is an atlas of Botswana in the following link: http://www.atlas.gov.bw/ However, it seems like the government website is not working. Therefore, we are submitting the same result from last year.

This is the map available by the National Register System. However, there is a different dataset from the National University, available in open source in the link: http://www.mapoteca.geo.una.ac.cr/index.php/home.html

Data did not change

It is possible that the national map exists but is not accessible.

General Commission for Survey of Saudi ( http://www.gcs.gov.sa/Home.aspx ) is responsible for maintaining and publishing official maps of Saudi. Maps at the detail level required by the index (1:25000) ( http://www.gcs.gov.sa/Products/DetailedMaps.aspx ) cannot be downloaded from the website and can only acquired by request. It is not clear from the website if payment is required to acquire these maps.

There are several government organizations related to geospatial data collection:

• Panamanian Infrastructure for Spacial Data
• National Geographic Institute "Tommy Guardia"
• National Land Distribution Authority

The Tommy Guardia Institute recently led several projects in an effort to create geographically accurate national maps, but the maps themselves are not publicly available and not online. To get a map (in digital or physical form), a person must go to the Tommy Guardia Institute's office and pay $50.00 for the 1:250000 map.

Also on their website, there is a portal at the bottom of the page called "Cors" where anyone can log in with username "corsigntg" and password "corsigntg " and retrieve what looks like geographic data collected on a monthly basis. (Log in here) I don't personally understand the data, but it looks like latitudes and longitudes and I believe this page explains the data format.

According to Juan, did not changed from 2014.

A detailed, zoomable map is made available by the National Agency of Public Registry (http://maps.napr.gov.ge/) which operates under the Ministry of Justice and maintains the cadasters. The map appears to be timely. Users can mainly only display data on cadasters, topographic data and information on administrative boundaries, etc. is not available online.

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia makes available linked PDF (and many others) at http://moe.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=56&info_id=0&mod_id=0&new_year=0&limit=0&date=&new_month=&entrant=1. There are no maps with the required scale though.

However, these maps themselves are low-resolution PDFs renderings of the actual map data; it is therefore possible that the online datasets do not meet the scale requirements, since the resolution of the map which is available online may be less than 1:250,000.

This also means that the maps are not available in machine-readable format, since no Shapefile or similar file type is available.

High resolution maps of Georgia exist as can be confirmed on the website the private company Geoland Ltd. The company offers the service http://www.mygeorgia.ge/ where users can obtain different high-level maps and also download the current screen or create a link related to the current view.

All data generated by the Georgian Government is legally in the public domain.

Data is under SURVEY DEPARTMENT, Ministry of Land Reform and Management Government of Nepal. Site under maintenance at the time of review.
http://dos.gov.np/language/en/

Open geodata is still unavailable both for public and organizations.

Comment: Nothing changed since 2014

We called the institution and they confirmed they have the data and are able to make it available to anyone at a price. For a list of services available you can check here: http://www.icm.mil.do/index.php/productos

National Geo-spatial Information (NGI), a component of Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) commenced with the establishment of an integrated survey system and provision of extensive mapping coverage of the country. NGI is also known as South Africa's national mapping organisation.

The website of the Ethiopian Mapping Agency was not available. We have changed the answered to NO. http://www.ema.gov.et/

State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping is responsible for map data. The agency only provides low resolution online (max 1: 4 000 000) in JPG or EPS format (1).

Sources

(1) http://219.238.166.215/mcp/index.asp Accessed on 2014-10-16

Nothing changed in 2015

From the Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia official portal, there datasets are not available. Given that the institution is in the Federal State territory, submitting for Freedom of Information request is impossible because there is no Freedom of Information Act for the Federal State Wilayah Persekutuan.

The National Institute for Cartography and Remote Sensing (http://www.inct.mdn.dz/) sells maps of Algeria. Both topographic and thematic maps. Maps are not available online, as they are being sold.

A list of maps is shown here (http://www.inct.mdn.dz/site%20anglais/web_inct_sim/style/images/cartes1_gene.gif), though most of them are not according to the required scale, there is one "Carte d'Algerie et ses environs" is at 1:200,000.

Here there are topographic maps of scales 1:50,000 and 1:200,000, http://www.inct.mdn.dz/site%20anglais/web_inct_sim/act-ctopographique.php - and here are spatial maps

Not sure how often the maps are updated.

Map for Egypt governorates, villages and districts. Historic maps are also available. All maps are available for purchause upon request to the dedicated Authority. [No changes from 2013]

Final reviewer: I am unable to respond to most of the questions in a more precise way since the website is down at the time of review (28 November 2014). Yet, if the data is available for purchase, then the data exists (thus, 'unsure' -> 'yes'), is not available for free (thus, 'unsure' -> 'no') and is not openly licensed (thus, 'unsure' -> 'no').

No map published by the government was found. [According to Ahmed - No changes from 2013]. Maps must be BOUGHT from the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development.

However, a lot of mapping data - shapefiles, json files exist and they are pretty accurate

Iran National Cartographic Centre (http://www.ncc.org.ir/) seemed to be down when we tried to access it.

The map section of the National Geoscience Database of Iran (http://www.ngdir.ir/Maps/Maps.asp) is under construction. While the map here (http://www.ngdir.ir/thematicgeology/Geology.asp) is not up to scale, and doesn't show roads or administrative boundaries.

There is a map of Syrian provinces on The ministry of tourism official website (http://www.syriatourism.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=My_eGallery&file=index&do=showgall&gid=263).

The page for Syrian map has an error (http://www.syriatourism.org/modules/My_eGallery/public/nmpopupa.php?z=/servers/gallery/nopic.gif&n=123457746)

It appears that the Sudanese Survey Department (هيئة المساحة السودانية) is the body responsible for preparing maps in Sudan, but no information is available about this department on the internet.

The better scale we have in Burkina Faso is 1:200 000, realised with the support of the european union. The map data are managed by the geographical institute of Burkina Faso (IGB)

The available national map, is only in the scale of 1/200000.

After significant amount of research on government websites of Côte d'Ivoire and on Google it appears that this data does not exist yet. Some evidence for this: - no government agency seems to be responsible for gathering this type of data (for instance the Statistical Agency "Institut Nacional de la Statistique" doesn't produce this type of data and searching on google for "institut geographique côte d'ivoire" shows that such institution existed in the 1980s but today does not have any presence on the internet. The administrative boundaries have been published by Orange Lab, a telecommunications company together with locations of their transmission towers (http://sodexo.orange-labs.fr/GEOM_SUB_PREFECTURE.zip). The data is available in shapefile format which is vector data and the scale can not be determined. As it is not the full dataset required here, the evaluation is that detailed map data at a scale of 1:250,000 or better doesn't currently exist for Côte d'Ivoire.

We could not find data beyond what is mentioned last year. We checked this (http://www.cnt.nat.tn/ar/index.php?m=45) and here is last year's comment below:

Data is not available online at all.

The Interior Ministry's Open Data website has a map with names of governorates (provinces) and the respective number of delegations for each. But it's not map data as per the indicator's definition. http://opendata.interieur.gov.tn/fr/datas/index/type:3

The map data on this website is from OpenStreetMap. The license is CC-by 3.0 Unported (indicated at the bottom of the website).

It is difficult to find out if such a map exists and what body is responsible for it due to the federal system of the UAE. Individual emirates, or states, could be responsible for maintaining and publishing their own maps. For example, the emirate of Abu Dhabi has a website for geospatial information ( https://sdi.abudhabi.ae/ ) , but naturally covers only its own territory and not the territory of other emirates.

The website of the government of Trinidad and Tobago does not seem to offer an official national map in any format. It is possible to order some maps from different Ministries, but it is not clear if this would meet our criteria. Thus I decided to mark the existance of data as unsure.

There are number of third party portals/projects (such as http://map.kz/) that show the information about national map, however, we could not find any evidences that they have been commissioned by government. Country has extremely large area, but very few populated areas and population density is one of the lowest, so the provision of such service could be very expensive and take a lot of time/effort.

only embedded Google maps

The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) provides a national map of Rwanda but this has not been updated since 2012 so does not satisfy the criteria for this dataset: http://www.statistics.gov.rw/publications/all/Map

NISR also provides GIS datasets and shapefiles for the country's national, provincial, district, sector and cell level boundaries on their website at http://www.statistics.gov.rw/geodata

A search on the official governmental portal (gov.ly) did not yield any maps. However, the most accurate map can be found on the website of the High National Elections Commission, in which a detailed interactive map shows the poll stations in the country, broke down into districts, cities and areas within each city (http://centers.hnec.ly/)

The data available at department of land and survey. The data format is TIF

The ministry of environment is using an official map of Lebanon through an application, but i couldn't find the shape files of any other information on it.

The official website of the National Boundary Commission that should release the digital maps is unavailable.

Their official website s now available at http://www.boundarycommission.gov.ng/ but the maps tab has no information yet.

Maybe the Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation as well at http://osgof.gov.ng/ They have aggregates of digital maps domiciled in their offices, and might make it available online soon

No Changes in 2015

The National Geographical Institute (IGM) have started with the support of EU funds in year 2013 to realise a map of the country at the scale of 1/200 000

Based from the map of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, all of the name of cities, borders and rivers are shown for all of the cities in the country.

gov.bb search option does not yield any search results on "map", "mapping" or indeed any keywords! google search with site:gov.bb map also does not yield any search results

It is uncertain if the data exists

There are no information about Timor-Leste found from the official website Government of Timor-Leste http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?lang=en nor dedicated department(s) that could publish such information.

No data found from the official website Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction http://www.mlmupc.gov.kh/?page=&lg=en

No evidence showing from the President's Officer website that the data is exist. http://www.myanmarpresidentoffice.info/en/ and the dedicated webpage for the cabinet ministries is empty http://www.myanmarpresidentoffice.info/en/?q=cabinet/ministries so no way to find out who are the responsible minister involve. I have found a 3rd party website http://www.ourweb.info/01/directory/myanmar/005/ that provide a list of ministries official websites but some of these websites are not found.