Administrative units counties

Dataset

Definition: 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.

Updated: 26.09.2023
Submitter: Norwegian Mapping Authority
Owner: Norwegian Mapping Authority

Usage

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

Inspire tema: Administrative Units

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Metadata:
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Sharing of data
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WMS:
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Download service WFS
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Download service Atom feed
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Download service WFS or Atom-feed
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Harmoniserte data
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Spatial data service
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