047f71ee-dec6-4c7b-8044-7a153c025588 European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6 Copenhagen K 1050 Denmark sdi@eea.europa.eu pointOfContact 2025-10-09T10:34:45.007652Z ISO 19115/19139 1.0 EPSG:3035 Urban Atlas Land Cover/Land Use Change 2006-2012 (vector), Europe, 6-yearly, Sep. 2016 2016-09-19 creation 2016-09-19 publication xx.xx copernicus_v_3035_10_m_uac-2006-2012_p_2005-2013_vxx_rxx DAT-190-en 10.2909/047f71ee-dec6-4c7b-8044-7a153c025588 The Urban Atlas provides pan-European comparable land use and land cover data for Functional Urban Areas (FUA). The Urban Atlas Change layers have become available from 2012 and only for all FUAs that have been covered in both 2006 and 2012 reference years. Urban Atlas is a joint initiative of the European Commission Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry in the frame of the EU Copernicus programme, with the support of the European Space Agency and the European Environment Agency. European Commission https://commission.europa.eu owner Copernicus Land Monitoring Service JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu https://land.copernicus.eu custodian European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6 Copenhagen K 1050 Denmark sdi@eea.europa.eu http://www.eea.europa.eu publisher Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu https://land.copernicus.eu/en/contact-service-helpdesk pointOfContact https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/public/catalogue-graphic-overview/047f71ee-dec6-4c7b-8044-7a153c025588.png Land use GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme EU27 (2007-2013) Continents, countries, sea regions of the world. 2015-07-17 12:00:00 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.place.regions land cover landscape alteration land use urban area GEMET 2021-11-30 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gemet European Spatial scope 2019-05-22 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeumetadatacodelistSpatialScope-SpatialScope 2018 3.6.2 EEA Management Plan 2023-06-22 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.eea-mp Buildings and construction Land use Environmental health impacts Urban sustainability EEA topics 2020-09-24 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.eea-topics no limitations to public access The Copernicus component is governed by Regulation (EU) No 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU. Within the Copernicus component, a portfolio of land monitoring activities has been delegated by the European Union to the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. The Copernicus land monitoring products and services are made available on a principle of full, open and free access, as established by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013. Free, full and open access to the products and services of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service is made on the conditions that: 1. When distributing or communicating Copernicus Land Monitoring Service products and services (data, software scripts, web services, user and methodological documentation and similar) to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of these products and services. 2. Where the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service products and services have been adapted or modified by the user, the user shall clearly state this. 3. Users shall make sure not to convey the impression to the public that the user's activities are officially endorsed by the European Union. vector 10 utf8 environment imageryBaseMapsEarthCover 2005-01-01 2013-12-31 -10.6198 44.8212 34.5619 71.1855 Spatial Resolution information: The Minimum Mapping Width is 10 m SHP 1.1 https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/UrbanAtlas/UA_UrbanAtlasChange_2006_2012/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS OGC:WMS Urban Atlas Change 2006-2012 https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/UrbanAtlas/UA_UrbanAtlasChange_2006_2012/MapServer ESRI:REST https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/UrbanAtlas/UA_UrbanAtlasChange_2006_2012/MapServer https://doi.org/10.2909/047f71ee-dec6-4c7b-8044-7a153c025588 DOI https://doi.org/10.2909/047f71ee-dec6-4c7b-8044-7a153c025588 https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/urban-atlas WWW:LINK Product Information & Technical Documentation https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/urban-atlas/urban-atlas-change-2006-2012#download WWW:DOWNLOAD CLMS Website Download (requires authentication) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See the referenced specification The Urban Atlas is mainly based on the combination of (statistical) image classification and visual interpretation of Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery. Multispectral SPOT 5 & 6 and Formosat-2 pan-sharpened imagery with a 2 to 2.5m spatial resolution is used as input data. The built-up classes are combined with density information on the level of sealed soil derived from the High Resolution Layer imperviousness to provide more detail in the density of the urban fabric. Finally, the Urban Atlas product is complemented and enriched with functional information (road network, services, utilities etc…) using ancillary data sources such as local city maps or online map services. The Minimum Mapping Unit is as follows: Class 1 to Class 1: 0.1 ha; Class 2 - 5 to Class 1: 0.1 ha; Class 2 - 5 to Class 2 - 5: 0.25 ha; Class 1 to Class 2 - 5: 0.25 ha. The Minimum Mapping Width is 10 m.