The National Land Survey maintains topographic data and produces maps, aerial photos and laser scanning data from the entire country. The product descriptions present the data content of products, quality information and the formats in which data is available.
Product update times and estimated future update time (pdf)
The Background map series is a dataset product series in raster format that depicts the whole of Finland and that is meant for web use as a background material for thematic data. Its key objects are road names, roads and railways, buildings and constructions, administrative borders, geographical names, waterways, land use and addresses of buildings (the Digital and Population Data Services Agency).
The 3D vectors for buildings are three-dimensional instances of the Building target category in the National Topographic Database (KMTK).
The location of the real property unit is shown on the cadastral index map. On the map, there are property and other register unit boundaries, boundary markers and property identifiers.
Control points and their coordinates and elevations define in practice the reference system for coordinates and elevations used in Finland.
Municipal Division is a dataset depicting the municipal division in the whole of Finland.
Elevation model 10 m depicts the elevation of the ground surface of the whole of Finland in relation to sea level. Its grid size is 10 m x 10 m and the accuracy of elevation data 1.4 metres.
Elevation model 2 m is a model depicting the elevation of the ground surface in relation to sea level. Its grid size is 2 m x 2 m.
Elevation zones is a raster dataset that visualises elevation of the terrain. The product covers the whole of Finland. The dataset does not contain elevation values; it is a colour image that visualises the height of the terrain above sea level as zones. The product Elevation zones is available as a version that covers the whole country and as versions that cover a certain area.
National Land Survey's geographic names are available as interfaces and files. Interfaces and file products comprise of place name products and map name products.
Hillshade is a raster dataset visualising the elevation of the terrain. The material does not contain elevation values; it is a greyscale image that visualises the direction and steepness of hills.
Data is available in the interface service and the file download service. Are you thinking about when to use the interface service and when the file download service?
