Elevation map of Europe

Data
Prod-ID: DAT-36-en
Created 15 Jan 2004 Published 15 Jan 2004 Last modified 07 Jul 2016
The map is made using the global digital elevation model (DEM) derived from GTOPO30. Note that the values in the file are not the original elevation data. The data has been processed to create an image for presentation purposes streching a predefined colour template over the derived values.

GIS data

3 km x 3 km. ZIP compressed TIFF format, raster data
9 km x 9 km. ZIP compressed TIFF format, raster data
1 km x 1 km. ZIP compressed TIFF format, raster data
Hillshade 1 km x 1 km. ZIP compressed TIFF format, raster data

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Metadata

Temporal coverage:
Last upload:
22 Nov 2010
Geographic accuracy:
1000 m
Rights:
(Letter of the U.S. Geological Survey (Michael G Benson) dated 6/01/2004 ref. OMST 1-1 to EEA (SBJ) filed by CDR/data policy/USGS/elevation data).
Methodology:

The data set was compiled by EEA and is derived from the GTOPO30 dataset (http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/gtopo30/gtopo30.html). The DTM was converted to raster (georefernced tiff) using Arcview and Grid Pig extension. The Caspian Sea border, the Africa depression and some areas from the Netherlands, all under sea level were corrected. The DTM was hillshaded using ArcMap and Spatial Analyst using following parametres: Azimuth: 315, Altitude: 45, Model shadows: Yes, Z factor: 10, Cell size: 1000 m.

Data sources

GTOPO30, available from U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. GTOPO30 is a global digital elevation model (DEM) with a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arc seconds (approximately 1 kilometer). GTOPO30 was derived from several raster and vector sources of topographic information. GTOPO30, completed in late 1996, was developed over a three year period through a collaborative effort led by staff at the U.S. Geological Survey´s EROS Data Center (EDC). The following organizations participated by contributing funding or source data: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United Nations Environment Programme/Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geografica e Informatica (INEGI) of Mexico, the Geographical Survey Institute (GSI) of Japan, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research of New Zealand, and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

Owners:
European Environment Agency (EEA)

Additional information

Geographical coverage: Russian Federation covered until Ural Mountains.

 

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