Date (Creation)

2000-01-01

Code

http://paikkatiedot.fi/so/1000016

Purpose

Checked and up-to-date geographic names information serve for instance the accurate communication between authorities and media, geocoding, spatial data systems, map production, map applications and their location searches, national and international standardisation of place names, geographical names planning, research in various fields and all those who need information about what is the correct or recommended way to spell the name of a particular place.

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Land Survey of Finland		customerservice@nls.fi	Owner

Maintenance and update frequency

Annually

Maintenance note

The data in the product is updated every night.

The dataset in the Geographic names search service (OGC API Features) is updated once a day.

The GML file products according to the Geographic names search service (OGC API Features) in the NLS MapSite Download geospatial data -section are updated three times a year: in January, May, and September.

Paikkatietohakemiston asiasanasto

• Topographic map

• Inland waters and seas

• Environment

• avoindata.fi

• Boundaries and areas

• Location

• Terrain and land cover

GEMET Inspire Themes

• Geographical names

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geographical names

Alueellinen laajuus

• National

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

no limitations to public access

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Other constraints

Mention the name of the Licensor (the National Land Survey of Finland), the name of the dataset(s) and the time when the National Land Survey has delivered the dataset(s) (e.g.: contains data from the National Land Survey of Finland Topographic Database 06/2014).

Spatial representation type

Vector

Language

Finnish

Language

Swedish

Language

sme

Language

smn

Language

sms

Topic category

• Location
• Imagery base maps earth cover

Reference system identifier

EPSG / ETRS89 / TM35FIN(E,N) (EPSG:3067) / 8.6

Topology level

Geometry only

Geometric object type

Point

Distribution format

Name	Version
XML/GML, GeoJSON	3.1.1

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Land Survey of Finland		customerservice@nls.fi	Owner

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://asiointi.maanmittauslaitos.fi/karttapaikka/tiedostopalvelu/nimisto	MapSite Download geospatial data section
	https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/nimiston-kyselypalvelu-ogc-api	Nimistön kyselypalvelu (OGC API Features)
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://avoin-paikkatieto.maanmittauslaitos.fi/maastotiedot/features/v1/	Nimistön kyselypalvelu (OGC API Features)

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/paikkatiedon-tiedostopalvelu	Paikkatiedon tiedostopalvelu (OGC API Processes)

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/asioi-verkossa/karttapaikka/liittyvat-palvelut	Hakemistokäyttöliittymä

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://tietokortit.maanmittauslaitos.fi/nimisto	Information cards for geographic names

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

The geographic names products are based on the National Land Survey's Place Name Register and the data checked by the Institute for the Languages of Finland.

Included with dataset

No

Date (Revision)

2011-02-21

Date (Revision)

2020-02-26

Other citation details

Geographic names search service and file products containing geographic names

The Geographic names interface service is the Geographic names (OGC API Features) https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/kartta-ja-paikkatietojen-rajapintapalvelut/paikkatiedon.

Interface products for Geographic names search service (OGC API Features) are

• Places

• Place names

• Place names, simple

• Map names.

The contents of the products are equivalent to the interface products and their schema in the Geographic names (OGC API Features) https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/nimiston-kyselypalvelu-ogc-api. One file always contains the data about the entire country.

File products are

• Places

• Place names

• Place names, simple (only OGC API Features schema)

• Map names 1:25 000

• Map names 1:50 000

• Map names 1:100 000

• Map names 1:250 000

• Map names 1:500 000

• Map names 1:1 million

• Map names 1:2 million

• Map names 1:4,5 million

• Map names 1:8 million

The geographic names in Basic map 1:25 000 (Map names 1:25 000). Also available as a GML geographic names element of the Topographic database, see sub-elements of Topographic database (in Finnish):

https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/maanmittauslaitos.fi/files/attachments/2020/06/Maastotietokannan%20sis%C3%A4ll%C3%B6n%20kuvaus%20teemoittain_p%C3%A4ivitys_2020.pdf

The geographic names in Topographic map 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 (Map names 1:100,000 and Map Names 1:250,000) and in General map 1:1,000,000 and 1:4,500,000 (Maps names 1:1,000,000 and Map names 1:4,500,000) are also available as a part of the corresponding map series in vector products, see

https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/maps-and-spatial-data/expert-users/product-descriptions/topographic-map-series-vector

Metadata

File identifier

40917b7b-df60-4289-b628-3326000f3790 XML

Metadata language

Finnish

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Hierarchy level name

Aineisto

Date stamp

2024-11-26T13:45:26

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Land Survey of Finland		customerservice@nls.fi	Point of contact

Other language

Language	Character encoding
Swedish	UTF-8
English	UTF-8
Finnish	UTF8