Topographic data made available on 1 May 2012

In the beginning of May 2012 the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) will make its topographic datasets available to the public and to companies to be used freely and free of charge.   

Datasets including place names and general maps in scales 1:1 000 000 and 1:4 500 000 have been available to be used free of charge since the beginning of year 2011. The municipal division map was opened for free use in spring 2011.  Read more about the free products already made available to all.

Viewing without charge on the Mapsite and Paikkatietoikkuna

The NLS maps and aerial photographs have been available for free viewing online for some time. On the Mapsite you can search maps covering all of Finland by place names and coordinates. You can also print map images for your own private use.

In addition to the NLS datasets the Paikkatietoikkuna (spatial dataset window) includes datasets of several data providers that you are able to view together or separately in the map window of the service.