IS 50V database, 2nd edition

The IS 50V database is constantly being revised at the National Land Survey of Iceland. It is being used at many institutes and municipalities as well as being used for map making and car navigation systems. When revising the data, different source and data is used such as GPS road surveying, aerial photographs, SPOT-5 satellite images and data from other institutes and municipalities.

Edition 2.0 in the IS 50V database consists of 7 layers which are divided so: contour lines and points, buildings and other man made structures, boundaries, roads, hydrology, vegetation and place names. The IS 50V dataset is in Lambert projection with ISN93 datum. All layers are categorized according to the IST120:2007 standard.

The IS 50V database can be viewed in this map window.