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INSPIRE theme Administrative Units (AU)

Dataset for the theme Administrative Units (AU) harmonised according to the INSPIRE Directive and ELF Data Specification version 1.0. Harmonized INSPIRE dataset contains only administrative units and their boundaries. Administrative units are country, regions, districts and municipalities. The dataset covers the whole territory of the Czech Republic in one file. Administrative boundaries are routed between common boundary points of three administrative units at the lowest level of division, i.e. municipalities. It is provided as Open Data (licence CC-BY 4.0). Data is based on RÚIAN (Register of territorial identification, addresses and real estates). Dataset is created daily in case of any change. Data in the GML 3.2.1 format are valid against XML Definition Schema for the theme Administrative Units in version 4.0 and spatial data scheme for ELF in version 1.0. Dataset is compressed (ZIP) for downloading. More in the Act No. 111/2009 Coll., on the Basic Registers, in Decree No. 359/2011 Coll., on the Basic Register of Territorial Identification, Addresses and Real Estates in the current versions, in the INSPIRE Data Specification on Administrative Units v 3.0.1 from 2010-04-26 and in ELF Data Specification v1.0.



Data identification

Citation
Source name: INSPIRE theme Administrative Units (AU)
Alternative name:
Reference datum
Reference date: 2024-08-23
Event: revision
Reference date: 2013-09-29
Event: creation
Data identifier
Unique identifier: CZ-00025712-CUZK_SERIES_AU
Contact to the organisation responsible for the data
Person name:
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 044 455
Fax: +420 284 041 557
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
Online source
Contact hours: Mo-Fr 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM CET
Supplementary information:
Role: custodian
Other information:
Abstract: Dataset for the theme Administrative Units (AU) harmonised according to the INSPIRE Directive and ELF Data Specification version 1.0. Harmonized INSPIRE dataset contains only administrative units and their boundaries. Administrative units are country, regions, districts and municipalities. The dataset covers the whole territory of the Czech Republic in one file. Administrative boundaries are routed between common boundary points of three administrative units at the lowest level of division, i.e. municipalities. It is provided as Open Data (licence CC-BY 4.0). Data is based on RÚIAN (Register of territorial identification, addresses and real estates). Dataset is created daily in case of any change. Data in the GML 3.2.1 format are valid against XML Definition Schema for the theme Administrative Units in version 4.0 and spatial data scheme for ELF in version 1.0. Dataset is compressed (ZIP) for downloading. More in the Act No. 111/2009 Coll., on the Basic Registers, in Decree No. 359/2011 Coll., on the Basic Register of Territorial Identification, Addresses and Real Estates in the current versions, in the INSPIRE Data Specification on Administrative Units v 3.0.1 from 2010-04-26 and in ELF Data Specification v1.0.
Purpose: Implementation of the Act 111/2009 Coll., on the basic registers, decree 359/2011 Coll., on the Registry of Territorial Identification, Addresses and Real Estates and transposition of the INSPIRE Directive into Czech legislation by the amendment of Act 123/1998 Coll., on the right to information about the environment.
Responsible organisation
Person name:
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 044 455
Fax: +420 284 041 557
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
Online source
Contact hours: Mo-Fr 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM CET
Supplementary information:
Role: custodian
Maintenance info
Maintenance and update frequency: continual
Date of planned source revision:
Maintenance note: Pre-defined datasets are generated daily. Data purchased by WMS or WFS services are updated in hours.
Keywords
Officially registered thesaurus
Reference datum
Reference date: 2008-06-01
Event: publication
Organisation responsible for the thesaurus:
Name of the organisation: Joint Research Centre
Role: pointOfContact
Keywords
Keyword: municipality
Keyword: boundary
Officially registered thesaurus
Reference datum
Reference date: 2009-01-01
Event: publication
Organisation responsible for the thesaurus:
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Role: pointOfContact
Keywords
Keyword: The register of territorial identification, addresses and real estates (RÚIAN)
Keyword: information system of territorial identification (ISÚI)
Keyword: country
Keyword: higher territorial self-governing unit (VÚSC)
Keyword: district
Officially registered thesaurus
Reference datumOrganisation responsible for the thesaurus:
Role:
Keywords
Keyword: National
Officially registered thesaurus
Reference datum
Reference date: 2019-05-22
Event: publication
Organisation responsible for the thesaurus:
Name of the organisation: Joint Research Centre
Role: pointOfContact
Source restriction
Access and use terms: Public access is not rescticted and is provided in accordance with Decree No. 359/2011 Coll., on the register of territorial identification, addresses and real estates and law 123/1998 Sb., on the right to information about the environment.
Data registered in the National Open Data Catalogue: Yes
Type of spatial representation: vector
Spatial resolution
Correspondent scale
Scale factor: 1000
Source language: cze
Character set: utf8
Thematic category: boundaries
Data extension
Extent information: 100% area of the Czech Republic, i.e. 78 870 km2 (to 31st December 2016); municipality Strýčice has no cadastral zoning, therefor it is not included in a data.
Geographic limitations
Minimal bounding box
Westernmost coordinate: 12.09
Easternmost coordinate: 18.86
Southernmost coordinate: 48.55
Northernmost coordinate: 51.06
Time extent -
Altitude extension
Minimal value:
Maximal value:
Vertical datum:

Reference system (horizontal, vertical or temporal)

Coordinate reference system identifier
Reference system citation
Source name: ETRS89
Alternative name: ETRS89-GRS80
Reference date
Reference date: 2009-03-01
Event: revision
Coordinate reference system identifier
Reference system citation
Source name: S-JTSK / Krovak East North
Alternative name: S-JTSK / Krovak EN
Reference date
Reference date: 2011-05-09
Event: revision

Distribution

Distribution formate
Name: GML
Version:
Specification: D2.8.I.4 Data Specification on Administrative Units – Technical Guidelines
Distributor
Contact information:
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 044 455
Fax: +420 284 041 557
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
Online source
Contact hours: Mo-Fr 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM CET
Supplementary information:
Role: distributor
Means of order
Charges: No fees
Ordering instruction:

Data quality

Level of scope
Quality description level: series
Report - INSPIRE compliance
Test identifier: CZ-00025712-CUZK_SERIES_AU-DQ_DomainConsistency-1
Conformity
Specification
Alternative name: 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
Reference date
Reference date: 2010-12-08
Event: publication
Test description: Data set series conformity testing with INSPIRE implementing rules for spatial data sets and services interoperability.
Degree of conformity: true
Report - INSPIRE compliance
Test identifier: CZ-00025712-CUZK_AU-DQ_DomainConsistency-2
Conformity
Specification
Name: INSPIRE data specification on theme Administrative units version 3.0.1
Alternative name:
Reference date
Reference date: 2010-04-26
Event: publication
Test description: AU data set series conformity testing with INSPIRE data specification on Administrative units by the validity check against the XML schema definition for the INSPIRE theme Administrative Units in the version 4.0.
Degree of conformity: true
Report - INSPIRE compliance
Test identifier: CZ-00025712-CUZK_AU-DQ_DomainConsistency-3
Conformity
Specification
Name: ELF Data Specification for topographic and administrative reference data at all levels of detail – v. 1.0
Alternative name:
Reference date
Reference date: 2016-03-24
Event: publication
Test description: AU data set series conformity testing with ELF data specification in the version 1.0.
Degree of conformity: true
Data origin
Data origin information: INSPIRE theme Administrative Units data comes from the The register of territorial identification, addresses and real estates (RÚIAN), which was built for the purpose of sharing reference data on territorial elements , land registration units and addresses for the need of public administration in the Czech Republic. It was officially launched on the 1st July 2012, together with other basic registers. It was created on a data from UIR-ADR (land identification register administered by the MPSV), RSO (Register of Enumeration Districts and Buildings managed by the CSO) and ISKN (Land Registry Information System managed by COSMC). RÚIAN is continuously updated. The change files are generated daily and state files are generated monthly in the Ruian Exchange Format (VFR). Continuous updates are provided by statutory editors. For data in INSPIRE AU data serie that are cadastral offices and COSMC - in accordance with Act No. 111/2009 Coll., on the basic registers and Decree No. 359/2011 Coll., on the basic register territorial identification, addresses and real estates.