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A geographical map of the country including national traffic routes, stretches of water, and markings of heights. The map must at least be provided at a scale of 1:250,000 (1 cm = 2.5km). Geographic information is instrumental for many use cases, including the mapping of unemployment statistics or demographics, as well as journey planning. See our methodology section for more information.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licenced | Yes | |
| In an open and machine-readable format | It is GeoTIFF. | |
| Downloadable at once | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Publicly available | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | Go to Data.Gov.HK | |
| licence_url | https://data.gov.hk/en/terms-and-conditions | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Survey and Mapping Office, Lands Department | |
| characteristics | Scale of 1:250,000 (1 cm = 2.5km), Markings of national traffic routes, Markings of relief/heights, Markings of water stretches, National borders | |
| location | https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-landsd-openmap-o - ortophoto and topographic maps available | Raster data only |