Municipal Division

Municipal Division is a dataset depicting the municipal division in all of Finland and it is compiled by the National Land Survey. The Municipal Division dataset, which has been taken from the cadastral registry, has been used for making the ungeneralised product Municipal Division 1:10,000. Moreover, the product is used for making the dataset Municipal Division 1:100,000 by generalising. The dataset 1:250,000 is produced by generalising the dataset 1:100,000. The dataset 1:1,000,000 is produced by generalising the dataset 1:250,000. The dataset 1:4,500,000 is produced by generalising the dataset 1:1,000,000. The products that have been derived from these data sets correspond to the scheme (GML, PNG) of the INSPIRE administrative units.

The real estate boundary data of the cadastral registry that are kept up-to-date continuously serve as the source data set for municipal boundaries. The data concerning changes in municipal boundaries are transferred to the municipal boundaries data set in the beginning of each year.

The Municipal Division products include municipal enclaves if they are suitable for the scale of the product. The municipal division regions of the products contain information on whether the region in question is a main region or an enclave. Based on this information, the enclaves can be removed.

The Municipal Division dataset does not contain shore lines; they have to be acquired from some other dataset that has the corresponding scale.

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The product belongs to the open data of the National Land Survey of Finland. Open data license http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/en-maastotiedot-ja-niiden-hankinta/open-data-cc-40-licence.

More information: Topographic data and how to acquire it http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/topographic-data-and-how-acquire-it.

The dataset Municipal Division is produced in scales 1:10,000, 1:100,000, 1:250,000, 1:1,000,000 and 1:4,500,000. The dataset is available in vector and raster format products that are dispatched as separate files. Municipal Division in raster format is also available via the Web Map Service (WMTS) http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/kartat-ja-paikkatieto/asiantuntevalle-kayttajalle/kartta-ja-paikkatietojen-rajapintapalvelut-1 (in Finnish).

The copyright and the other immaterial rights on the Municipal Division dataset are owned by the National Land Survey of Finland. The product is maintained by using data from the municipalities. The data material is not confidential. Public access to the material is not restricted by the INSPIRE Directive.