Administrative units counties

The dataset administrative units shows the county divisions within the country with the most accurate boundaries that have been recorded digitally and are collected in a dataset. \\n\\nThe counties are delimited by National Border, Outer Limit of Territorial Waters, Agreed Delimitation Line and county boundaries.\\n\\nThe units include properties which indicate official county numbers. The official Norwegian and Sami names for counties are taken from SSR. There is also information about Sami language administrative districts.\\n\\nThe geometry is derived from the Cadastre, which is updated by the municipalities. National Borders and Outer Limit of Territorial Waters are inserted from the Norwegian Mapping Authority's own established files.

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Date (Publication)
2006-07-01
Date (Creation)
0001-01-01
Date (Revision)
2024-03-04
Unique resource identifier
fylker
Purpose

The dataset consists of the official county boundaries.
Status
Historical archive
Point of contact
  Kartverket -
Point of contact
  Kartverket - Carina Tolpinrud Jøntvedt
Publisher
  Norwegian Mapping Authority - IT
Owner
  Norwegian Mapping Authority - Carina Tolpinrud Jøntvedt
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Administrative enheter
Nasjonal inndeling i geografiske initiativ og SDI-er

  • Felles datakatalog
Nasjonal tematisk inndeling (DOK-kategori)

  • Basis geodata
Place

  • Norway Mainland
Administrative enheter i Norge
Theme

  • County

  • Administrative units

  • Administrative borders

  • ABAS

  • Fylkesgrenser

  • Riksgrense
Spatial scope
Specific usage

Administrative case processing. Analysis and display in a GIS system. Display of statistics and analyses. Production of maps and derived products.
Owner
 
Use limitation

No conditions apply
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Åpne data
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Creative Commons BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
Classification
Unclassified
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
5000
Metadata language
Norwegian
Topic category
  • Boundaries
  • Farming
Description

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Begin date
0001-01-01
Supplemental Information
The geometry is derived from the Cadastre, which is updated by the municipalities. National Borders and Outer Limit of Territorial Waters are inserted from the Norwegian Mapping Authority's own established files.
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:25832
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:25833
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:25835
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:3135
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4258

Spatial representation info

No information provided.
Distribution format

Distributor

Distributor
  Kartverket
Hønefoss , 3511 Hønefoss , Norge
+47 08700
Name

SOSI
Version

4.5
Units of distribution

fylkesvis, landsfiler
OnLine resource
https://nedlasting.test.geonorge.no/api/capabilities/ ( GEONORGE:DOWNLOAD )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Domain consistency

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2013-10-01
Date
Explanation

The data is not evaluated according to the product specification

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2013-10-01
Date
Explanation

SOSI files are not evaluated according to application form

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2013-10-01
Date
Explanation

GML files are not evaluated according to application form
Statement

No process history available
File identifier
6093c8a8-fa80-11e6-bc64-92361f002671 XML
Metadata language
Norwegian
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-04-23
Metadata standard name

ISO19115
Metadata standard version

2003
Point of contact
  Norwegian Mapping Authority - Carina Tolpinrud Jøntvedt
 
 

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Keywords

ABAS Administrative borders Administrative units County Fylkesgrenser Riksgrense

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