WMS TopPlusOpen

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Dataset information

Catalog
Country of origin
Updated
2023.03.13 23:00
Created
Available languages
German
Keywords
Druckgraphik, WMS, Deutschland, Präsentationsgraphik, TopPlus, ViewService, BKG, Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, infoMapAccessService, TopPlusOpen
Quality scoring
140

Dataset description

Presentation service (WMS) for a freely usable worldwide uniform web map based on free and official data sources. The product presents, among other things, free official geodata from the federal government and the open data countries Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony and Thuringia. In addition, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Rhineland-Palatinate provide their official spatial data for the TopPlusOpen as part of a cooperation agreement, so that these countries are presented exclusively by official data. In the other Länder and abroad, OSM data are mainly used in the corresponding zoom levels, which, from the BKG’s point of view, meet all quality requirements and can be combined almost seamlessly with official data. The web services of TopPlusOpen are offered via the standardised interfaces WMS and WMTS and are highly performant. 4 different variants are offered: — TopPlusOpen: Very detailed map representation in full tone colours — TopPlusOpen Greyscale: Identical to the full-tone variant; automatically generated grayscales — TopPlusOpen Light: Reduced content compared to the full-tone variant; Understated colouring — TopPlusOpen Light Grey: Identical content to the TopPlusOpen Light; Representation in grey tones and individual subtle colors (waters, boundaries) The TopPlusOpen web map is produced in two projections: — Pseudo-Mercator projection (EPSG:3857) — UTM32 (EPSG:25832) Pseudo-Mercator projection: The web map has 19 scale levels in this projection and is divided into three different display areas: — Worldwide representation for small scales — Europe-wide presentation for medium scales — Detailed description for Germany and neighbouring countries Projection UTM32: The web map has 14 scale levels in this projection and is divided into two display areas: — Europe-wide presentation for medium scales — Detailed description for Germany and neighbouring countries
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