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Map of the Czech Republic 1 : 500,000

The Map of the Czech Republic 1:500 000 (MČR 500) is a fundamental national map series product and is designed as a general geographical overview map. It depicts the entire territory of the Czech Republic on a single map sheet. The MČR 500 includes planimetry, height points, geographical grid, map lettering, and a map legend. Planimetry covers settlements, the transport network including motorways, expressways, and first-class roads, hydrography, boundaries (state and regional), and vegetation and land cover. Elevation is represented by height points and shaded terrain relief. Map lettering includes standardised geographical nomenclature, spot heights, map title and scale with imprint data and graphic scale, the textual part of the legend, and frame data (geographical coordinates). The geographical grid is divided at 1° intervals. The data files are provided in TIFF format supplemented with world files (TFW) for the S-JTSK and ETRS89-TM33N coordinate systems, and as a print file in PDF format.

Metadata about metadata

Metadata record identifier: CZ-CUZK-MCR500-RB
Metadata language: cze
Character set: utf8
Master metadata record identifier:
Source type: series
Name of hierarchy level: META_MCR500-RB_SERIES
Contact - metadata
Person name: Jindrák, Přemysl, Ing.
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 047 425
Fax: +420 284 041 416
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
E-mail: premysl.jindrak@cuzk.gov.cz
Online source
Link: https://geoportal.cuzk.gov.cz
Contact hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
Supplementary information:
Role: pointOfContact
Metadata date: 2026-04-27
Metadata profile name: ČÚZK Metadata Profile
Metadata profile version: 2.0

Data identification

Citation
Source name: Map of the Czech Republic 1 : 500,000
Alternative name: MČR 500
Reference datum
Reference date: 2026-04-22
Event: revision
Data identifier
Unique identifier: https://cuzk.cz/CZ-00025712-CUZK_MCR500
Unique identifier: 63181
Contact to the organisation responsible for the data
Person name: Jindrák, Přemysl, Ing.
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 047 425
Fax: +420 284 041 416
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
E-mail: premysl.jindrak@cuzk.gov.cz
Online source
Link: https://geoportal.cuzk.gov.cz
Contact hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
Supplementary information:
Role: custodian
Other information:
Abstract: The Map of the Czech Republic 1:500 000 (MČR 500) is a fundamental national map series product and is designed as a general geographical overview map. It depicts the entire territory of the Czech Republic on a single map sheet. The MČR 500 includes planimetry, height points, geographical grid, map lettering, and a map legend. Planimetry covers settlements, the transport network including motorways, expressways, and first-class roads, hydrography, boundaries (state and regional), and vegetation and land cover. Elevation is represented by height points and shaded terrain relief. Map lettering includes standardised geographical nomenclature, spot heights, map title and scale with imprint data and graphic scale, the textual part of the legend, and frame data (geographical coordinates). The geographical grid is divided at 1° intervals. The data files are provided in TIFF format supplemented with world files (TFW) for the S-JTSK and ETRS89-TM33N coordinate systems, and as a print file in PDF format.
Purpose: MČR 500 is conceived as an overview general geographic map. It displays the whole territory of the Czech Republic on one map sheet. It is used, among others, as a navigation layer in web map applications.
Responsible organisation
Person name: Jindrák, Přemysl, Ing.
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 047 425
Fax: +420 284 041 416
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
E-mail: premysl.jindrak@cuzk.gov.cz
Online source
Link: https://geoportal.cuzk.gov.cz
Contact hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
Supplementary information:
Role: custodian
Maintenance info
Maintenance and update frequency: asNeeded
Date of planned source revision: 2027
Maintenance note: The last edition of this map is from 2025.
Keywords
Keyword: Geographical names
Keyword: Transport networks
Keyword: Hydrography
Keyword: Administrative units
Officially registered thesaurus
Name: GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Reference datum
Reference date: 2008-06-01
Event: publication
Organisation responsible for the thesaurus:
Name of the organisation: Joint Research Centre
Role: pointOfContact
Keywords
Keyword: administrative boundary
Keyword: infrastructure of traffic
Keyword: geographical names, geographic names (US)
Keyword: planimetric component of a map, planimetry
Keyword: map lettering
Keyword: raster map
Keyword: national map series
Keyword: hydrography
Officially registered thesaurus
Name: Terminological Dictionary of Land Surveying and Cadastre of Real Estate
Reference datum
Reference date: 2009-01-01
Event: publication
Organisation responsible for the thesaurus:
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Role: pointOfContact
Keywords
Keyword: map of the Czech Republic
Keyword: map of the Czech Republic
Keyword: map of the territories
Keyword: scale 1:500,000
Keyword: scale 1:500000
Keyword: 500000
Keyword: 500,000
Officially registered thesaurus
Reference datumOrganisation responsible for the thesaurus:
Role:
Source restriction
Access and use terms: No charges
Access and use terms: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 License
Access and use terms: According to Regulation No 31/1995 Sb.
Data registered in the National Open Data Catalogue: Yes
Type of spatial representation: grid
Spatial resolution
Correspondent scale
Scale factor: 500000
Source language: cze
Character set: utf8
Thematic category: location
Thematic category: transportation
Thematic category: inlandWaters
Thematic category: boundaries
Data extension
Extent information: 100 % of the Czech Republic territory, i.e. 78,866 km2.
Geographic limitations
Minimal bounding box
Westernmost coordinate: 12.09
Easternmost coordinate: 18.86
Southernmost coordinate: 48.55
Northernmost coordinate: 51.06
Time extent 2024 - 2025
Altitude extension
Minimal value: 115.0
Maximal value: 1602.0
Vertical datum: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/8357

Reference system (horizontal, vertical or temporal)

Coordinate reference system identifier
Reference system citation
Source name: S-JTSK / Krovak East North
Alternative name: S-JTSK / Krovak EN
Reference date
Reference date: 2011-05-09
Event: revision
Other information: EPSG code 5514 S-JTSK / Krovak East North is an equivalent to the existing ESRI code 102067. The projection keeps the mathematic so called "east-north" orientation of coordinate axis where the X axis has positive values eastwards and Y axis northwards. This projection is suitable for exploitation in GIS applications. The projection is related to the Greenwich Prime Meridian (contrary to the EPSG 5221 S-JTSK (Ferro) / Krovak East North where the Prime Meridian is Ferro).
Code: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/5514
Coordinate reference system identifier
Reference system citation
Source name: ETRS89 / UTM zone 33N (N-E)
Alternative name: ETRS89-TM33N
Reference date
Reference date: 2012-11-26
Event: revision
Other information: The coordinate system ETRS89 / TM33 determined for INSPIRE to display INSPIRE datasets of large scales.
Code: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3045

Distribution

Distribution formate
Name: TIFF
Version:
Name: PDF
Version:
Distributor
Contact information:
Name of the organisation: Land Survey Office
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 041 605
Phone: +420 284 041 111
Fax: +420 284 041 416
Address
Delivery place: Pod sídlištěm 1800/9
City: Praha 8
ZIP code: 182 11
Country: Czech Republic
E-mail: podpora.zums@cuzk.gov.cz
Online source
Link: https://geoportal.cuzk.gov.cz
Contact hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM CET
Supplementary information:
Role: distributor
Means of order
Charges: No charges
Ordering instruction: https://geoportal.cuzk.gov.cz/Default.aspx?mode=eShop&head_tab=sekce-01-gp&lng=EN&menu=13&fnc=getProduct&product_code=63181
Transfer possibilities
Units of distribution: country
Size of transfer unit in MB: 600
Online
Link: https://ags.cuzk.gov.cz/geoprohlizec/?p=87
Protocol: WWW:LINK
Link: https://geoportal.cuzk.gov.cz/WMS_MCR500/WMService.aspx?service=WMS&request=getCapabilities
Protocol: wms
Link: https://atom.cuzk.gov.cz/MCR500/MCR500.xml
Protocol: atom
Link: https://atom.cuzk.gov.cz/MCR500-PDF/MCR500-PDF.xml
Protocol: atom
Link: https://ags.cuzk.gov.cz/geoprohlizec/?export=MCR500
Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD
Link: https://ags.cuzk.gov.cz/geoprohlizec/?atom=mcr500
Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD
Link: https://geoportal.cuzk.gov.cz/Default.aspx?mode=eShop&head_tab=sekce-01-gp&menu=13&fnc=getProduct&product_code=63181
Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD
Offline
Name: dvd

Data quality

Level of scope
Quality description level: series
Report - INSPIRE compliance
Test identifier: CZ-00025712-CUZK_MCR500-DQ_DomainConsistency-1
Conformity
Specification
Name: Směrnice Evropského parlamentu a Rady 2007/2/ES ze dne 14. března 2007 o zřízení Infrastruktury pro prostorové informace v Evropském společenství (INSPIRE)
Alternative name: DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE)
Reference date
Reference date: 2007-04-26
Event: publication
Test description: Data set series conformity testing with INSPIRE implementing rules for spatial data sets and services interoperability.
Degree of conformity: false
Report – completness – omission
Measure name: Evaluation of completeness of Czech Republic territory coverage by the data set series
Measure identification: CZ-00025712-CUZK_MCR500-DQ_CompletenessOmission-1
Measure description: Evaluation of completeness of Czech Republic territory coverage by the MCR 500 data set series.
Date and time of the measure: 2014-03-12T12:00:00
Test result – quantitative
Value domain: %
Units of measure: http://geoportal.gov.cz/res/units.xml#percent
Value: 100
Data origin
Data origin information: MCR 500 was created in the environment of ArcGIS Desktop with use of Fundamental Base of Geographic Data of the Czech Republic (ZABAGED), database of geographical names of the Czech Republic (Geonames) and EuroRegionalMap (ERM) data. Production and update of the MCR 500 is ensured by Land Survey Office.