National Map / 2014 43% open (avg.)

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

The 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 and OS VectorMap District). These products are actively maintained. 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.

The Ordnance Survey's OpenData product suite includes mapping with better than 1:250,000 resolution (OS Street View) and is released under the OS OpenData Licence, which complies with the Open Definition. The mapping is updated regularly (most recently in May 2012).

Northern Ireland

Separate data for Northern Ireland is provided by Ordnance Survey for Northern Ireland (OSNI) (http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/ordnance-survey-of-northern-ireland). Data for Northern Ireland is not yet available as open data (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 sells it data (http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/information-and-services/property-and-housing/your-neighbourhood-roads-and-streets/ordnance-survey-of-northern-ireland/product-range/paper-products/price-lists.htm). And data is not available on bulk for the whole national territory as it is split between the two websites.

Open data mapping for Northern Ireland is not currently available at resolutions of 1:250,000 or better.

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/

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

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

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.

A number of geospacial services is provided on GEOPORTAL. Maps can be visualized via an online service as well as downloaded. Products are provided in WMS, WFS and shape formats and can be used by web based map services as well as offline applications as ArcGIS, gvSig, Quantum GIS. The following products are available at this link: http://www.igac.gov.co/wps/portal/igac/raiz/iniciohome/MapasdeColombia/Descargas • Basemap Colombia (scale 1:500.000) • Basemap Colombia (scale 1:100.000) (entire national territory) • Basemap (scale 1:2000) (regions Soacha, Barranquilla) • Ortophotos of municipalities

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.

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

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.

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

The U.S. Virgin Islands are an insular area of the United States of America and therefore get some services from the United States. The U.S. Geological Survey maintains a map of the islands and is for these purposes regarded as an official government source.

The government of U.S. Virgin Islands do not create, maintain nor publish maps on their own.

The full data set is openly licensed (CC-BY), but only available on request, after which the (4GB) large file will be quickly made available for download. The OSM community is also hosting the dataset for download convenience at http://mirror.openstreetmap.nl/kadaster/ [No change from 2013]

FranceRaster (provided by IGN) are available, in tiff georeferenced format, free of charge and under the Licence Ouverte / Open License (allowing commercial and non-commercial use alike) for resolution from 1:100.000 to 1:800.000. The current version (V4) has been published in october 2013.

Multiple national scale framework data are available from Natural Resources Canada in the following portals: a) Geobase - http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/index.html b) GeoGratis - http://www.geogratis.gc.ca/geogratis/search?lang=en c) GeoConnections Discovery Portal - http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca/web/guest/home No clear information on the scale of the maps.

NZ national map is available as both vector and raster data. Registration required. Some data download volume limits apply.

The official institution that produces and collects geographical information regarded as the National Map is the National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration (ANCPI).

ANCPI provides the data in KMZ format via the national open data repository. Data can be downloaded in other formats (fileGeodataBase, shape, dxf, dgn) from ANCPI website (http://geoportal.ancpi.ro/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page) but it requires authentication. Registration is free.

On the national open data repository, data is updated when needed. Old versions of the datasets remain available.

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

In Czech republic several resources of geo-data are available, thanks to Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre. The basic one is cadstral data, made available via RUIAN (base register). Data is freely available in GML format. There is plugin to popular GDAL/OGR library (Open Source). The licence is Public domain. OGC WFS interface is available as well.

Basic aerial imagery or topographic map are not available for free. It is relatively expensive to get them. License is usually very restricted.

Currently there is on going discussion about rules, which are to be applied on the topographic map as well - seems, that the data will be fully opened. Also there is new czech GeoInfoStrategy being discussed, which is stressing the open data topic quite well.

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 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 of the Platform are published here (http://data.gov.tw/?q=principle) and here (http://data.moi.gov.tw/MoiOD/System/Principle.aspx). They are not compliant with the open definition.

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: 31/07/2014). 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.

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). Download of shapefiles is available in bulk, but data is not provided timely (last update in July 2013).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

There have been a few changes lately in Ecuador regarding cantons that are not yet included in these files (i.e.: La Concordia, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas).

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.

NOTE: National maps are available from other institutions such as the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The OSI is however considered to be the national mapping organization (NMO) for Ireland.

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.

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 for non commercial uses via MapGenie here is one example (http://airo.maynoothuniversity.ie/datastore/private-households-t5-sa).

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

Only a raster map with the scale 1:1.000.000 is provided for free. Swisstopo is generally selling its data via the online shop: http://www.toposhop.admin.ch/de/shop/index Only sample maps are provided which specifically exclude the possibility of any further use: http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/internet/swisstopo/de/home/products/maps/national/digital/national/pk_25.html - An interactive map viewer with a all available layers and visualization of changes over time is available here: http://map.geo.admin.ch/ - A catalogue of all the existing geospatial data is available on a specific data catalogue for geo-data with detailed meta-descriptions: http://www.geocat.ch/ Swisstopo provides very detailed information on the last update of topographical maps, example here: http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/internet/swisstopo/de/home/products/maps/national/25.html?mapnr=2#mapviewjump Many geographic data sets are now also available on the Swiss Open Government Data Portal: http://opendata.admin.ch/de/dataset?groups=raum-und-umwelt&_organization_limit=0

Infraestrutura de Datos Espaciales (IDEuy) is responsible for aggregating information on geospacial data produced by different government agencies. On IDEuy website users only find information about which government agencies provide geospacial data. There is no easy download provided. Scales are mostly not specified. There is also a catalog on metadata: http://ide.uy/geonetwork/srv/es/main.home - it provides data on which geospacial information is available. Nonetheless it is not the required dataset but only an inventory of geospacial data. The terms of use of IDEuy (http://ide.uy/inicio/condiciones-de-uso/) make no reference to geospatial data. A map of 1:50.000 or 1:20.000 can be found for instance on the website of the Geographic Service of the Army of Uruguay (http://www.sgm.gub.uy/geoportal/index.php/mapas/descargas), there data can be downloaded as PDF (non machine readable format). Also a WMS download is provided and a visualization tool (http://visualizador.sgm.gub.uy/map.phtml) where different layers can be selected is provided. Data can't be downloaded for the whole country but only one tile at once.

Data are publicly available after one year old and on request Licence marked as unsure because no URL

Maps are available via interactive portal without means to export data (other than printing to PDF). Thankfully it works with Firefox without need for special plugins. Maps are available in resolutions up to 1:2000 .

There is no copyright notice or erms of service for data noticable anywhere in the web application but there is a "shopping cart" visible in the upper-left part which shows "purchse form". Thus "no" is filled for open lincese.

The State Geodetic Directorate reserves the right to set and change the terms of use of the datasets. Any alterations, making copies of and distributing the data is forbidden.

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.)

(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.

As well as providing high-level maps, the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (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

National Digital Mapping data provide by ministry of land, transport and maritime affairs. they provide the open api using 'open layer 2' library. License: http://www.nsdi.go.kr/etc/etcUserGuide.do?pageNm=AhEtcUserGuide030 (Not openly licensed.)

Geodetska uprava (Slovenian equivalent of UK Ordnance survey) takes care of maps and resells them. Bulk data is available against payment. Licensing and reuse is non-free and limited. An 1:1.000.000 topographic raster map is free of charge and free for reuse, if a source is mentioned: http://www.e-prostor.gov.si/?id=415 The list of all available maps can be found here: http://www.e-prostor.gov.si/si/dostop_do_podatkov/dostop_do_podatkov/

1:25.000 topographic maps are available for online use (but not download) through various free web viewers like the Atlas of environment and Geopedia.si .

Some other minor layers are also available free of charge (like the borders), especially environmental data at http://gis.arso.gov.si/wfs_web .

Survey of India (http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/), the National Survey and Mapping Organisation of the country under the Department of Science & Technology is responsible for organizing India's mapping data. The full list of available mapping products is here: http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/display/59-publications. They can be obtained from all map sale centre and other authorized agents deputed all over the country. A fee is charged. Users are free to use the maps for "developing purposes", but a fee is charged and for commercial use special conditions apply: http://www.surveyofindia.gov.in/pages/display/91-pricing-of-digital-products

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. ISRO is well known amongst space faring nations for its world-leading reputation in developing new, indigenous and innovative service oriented applications using remote sensing technology. 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.

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.

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.

More information on mapping in Hungary here: http://lazarus.elte.hu/gb/hunkarta/ica11/hungary2011.pdf [no change from 2013]

The map is quite empty, just presenting regions. Data not downloadable

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

Seemingly no changes since 2013.

updated new data

Data is under SURVEY DEPARTMENT, Ministry of Land Reform and Management Government of Nepal. Site under maintenance at the time of review.

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

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/

It is possible to order maps at: http://ngi.be/NL/NL1.shtm but they are distributed either with FTP or on DVDs. For these purposes FTP is not regarded as being available on the Internet.

Reference specification, for the vector files for 1:10000, available at: http://ngi.be/Common/StandardDigitProd-Specs2013/Top10Vector_ProductSpecificatie_v1.1_NL.pdf mentions that the data version is 1.1 and that is from 2011.

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

The website of the surveyor general of Zimbabwe indicates that such maps exists in hard and soft copy and that they can be purchased. However, it is not clear if the soft copy is machine readable and how updated the maps are.

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.

There used to be an institute that compiles very precise maps, but it is now a for-profit company and sells the data: http://debian.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/~rajna/cartographia/products.html There's also a national cadastre that currently compiles data on land geology and ownership, but it hasn't covered the whole country yet: http://www.cadastre.bg/ Thus, the data was considered unavailable online and in bulk.

Thematic maps are used to provide cartographical (or specific) information on various themes such as tourism, population percentage change or nature reserves. The maps are of scale 1:250 000 in hardcopies and digital formats.

In Italy there are various geographical resources, few of them are open. Those open or are delegated to regions or cities. At the national level there are different realities but few of these are open or updated in a timely manner.

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.

The Ministry of Lands sales a national map on it's website. No digital copy was found. http://www.ministryoflands.gov.zm/index.php/services-and-fees

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.

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. From the NGI's website ww.ngi.gov.za:

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The integrated topographic information system (iTIS) portal is currently being developed to provide intranet and internet users access to the iTIS using a Web Feature data Server (WFS), Geography Markup Language (GML) data Server, Web Map Service (WMS) and access to imagery. The WFS and GML data Servers will permit database connection to the iTIS. GML is an open format developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). The WMS will provide thin-client access to the iTIS in order to create customised maps which can then be downloaded by the user.

Open geodata is still unavailable both for public and organizations.

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

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').

Ghana has a land survey office, which is responsible for mapping, but no online.

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).

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.

There is unclear which agency responsible for producing national map. The Royal Thai Survey Department (กรมแผนที่ทหาร) under the Royal Thai Army is the one that provide most sophisticated map, but all of their maps are not free to access.

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 in paper format.

The agencies responsible for the data are: Ministry of Public Service and Administration Modernization (http://www.mmsp.gov.ma/fr/index.aspx); Ministry of Interior (no website); and the National Agency for Land Registry and Mapping (http://www.ancfcc.gov.ma/FR/).

Map data is not available online at all. On Morocco's Open Data portal, very few details are available, e.g. postal codes and post offices geolocation (http://www.data.gov.ma/data/fr/group/cartographie) yet this is not what this indicator is about.

It is thus unknown how the data is handled, whether it is up-to-date, whether it is available in digital formats at all, etc.

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

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.

No map published by the government was found. [According to Ahmed - No changes from 2013]

There is a mapping center in Bosnia and Herzegovina (http://www.fgu.com.ba), yet it is not an office of the national government, but of one of the entities. Therefore, the national government does not have this data. See more here - http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/geodetski-zavod-izmedu-bih-i-federacije

In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, IGN France offered to support for the reconstruction of the country’s geographic reference information. But there is still no official map of the country. People rely on the OpenStreetMap version.

No up to date maps available from the government.

The National Geographical Institute (IGM) is planning to map the country with the support of EU funds.

If I'm not wrong, the responsible agency for map data is Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction But no luck in finding any hint from its homepage http://www.mlmupc.gov.kh/.