The Stadtkartewerk Köln comprises cartographically prepared basic data collections for the scale range 1:2,500 to 1:640,000. It is available in various content and colour variations. The provision of the city map is carried out by
Map services for use in geoinformation systems
The map services (WMS, WMTS and WCS) cover large parts of the Rhine-Ruhr rail and the Bergisches Land. The documentation for Stadtplanwerk 2.0 (https://hilfe.geoportal.ruhr/spw2-dokumentation/dienste/index.html) informs about the access to the Services, their characteristics, scope of application and the license of the Services. The services are constantly updated.
Files for use in graphic and image editing programs
Selected areas of the urban area of Cologne and will be provided as pre-assembled PDF files and updated if necessary.
Freely selectable excerpts from the city map can be downloaded in different scales and color expressions as raster files via https://geodownload.geoportal.ruhr/.
Questions about city maps, city map and overview map are answered by the Office for Real Estate, Surveying and cadastre of the City of Cologne ([email protected]).
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