24 March 2009
Infoterra-led Consortium delivers Sealing Map Europe to European Environment Agency (EEA)
  • European Built-up Areas Mapped Homogeneously for the First Time
  • EEA officially recognizes quality of delivered mapping product
  • Infoterra GmbH leads European Service provider network

A homogeneous map of high resolution core land cover data for built-up areas, including degree of soil sealing, for 38 countries in Europe has now been completed and delivered to the European Environment Agency (EEA).

In line with the project schedule, a European service provider network led by Infoterra GmbH, Germany, submitted the last of the datasets in late 2008. The products have passed the intensive checks by EEA and the respective user organisations with very good results.

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