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The Physico-geographical Map of the Czech Republic 1 : 500,000

The Physical-Geographical Map of the Czech Republic 1 : 500 000 (FGM 500) covers the entire territory of the Czech Republic on one map sheet, i.e. an area of 78 886 km². The map is derived from the Map of the Czech Republic 1 : 500 000. The map contains planimetry, altimetry, a geographical grid, descriptions and a map legend. The planimetry includes settlements, roads, hydrography, land surface (peatlands, marshes, areas of surface mining) and state boundaries. The altimetry includes terrain relief (contour lines with a 50 m interval, elevation points, hypsometric tints, caves and chasms). The description includes standardised nomenclature, elevation values (altitude data), the name and scale of the map with imprint data, graphic scale data, the text of the map legend and frame data (index field data, geographical coordinates).The content is also shown on adjacent parts of the territories of neighbouring states.

Metadata about metadata

Metadata record identifier: CZ-CUZK-FGM500
Metadata language: cze
Character set: utf8
Master metadata record identifier:
Source type: series
Name of hierarchy level: META_FGM500_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: 2026-05-05
Metadata profile name: ČÚZK Metadata Profile
Metadata profile version: 2.0

Data identification

Citation
Source name: The Physico-geographical Map of the Czech Republic 1 : 500,000
Alternative name: FGM 500
Reference datum
Reference date: 2026-04-16
Event: revision
Data identifier
Unique identifier: https://cuzk.cz/CZ-00025712-CUZK_FGM500
Unique identifier: 63183
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: +420 284 041 425
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 Physical-Geographical Map of the Czech Republic 1 : 500 000 (FGM 500) covers the entire territory of the Czech Republic on one map sheet, i.e. an area of 78 886 km². The map is derived from the Map of the Czech Republic 1 : 500 000. The map contains planimetry, altimetry, a geographical grid, descriptions and a map legend. The planimetry includes settlements, roads, hydrography, land surface (peatlands, marshes, areas of surface mining) and state boundaries. The altimetry includes terrain relief (contour lines with a 50 m interval, elevation points, hypsometric tints, caves and chasms). The description includes standardised nomenclature, elevation values (altitude data), the name and scale of the map with imprint data, graphic scale data, the text of the map legend and frame data (index field data, geographical coordinates).The content is also shown on adjacent parts of the territories of neighbouring states.
Purpose:
Responsible organisation
Person name: Jindrák, Přemysl, Ing.
Name of the organisation: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Responsible organisation information
Contact phone
Phone: +420 284 041 425
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:
Maintenance note: The last edition is from 2025.
Keywords
Keyword: Geographical names
Keyword: Transport networks
Keyword: Hydrography
Keyword: Elevation
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: infrastructure of traffic
Keyword: physico-geographical map
Keyword: geographical names, geographic names (US)
Keyword: planimetric component of a map, planimetry
Keyword: map lettering
Keyword: national map series
Keyword: hydrography
Keyword: hypsography
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: 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: elevation
Data extension
Extent information: 100 % of the Czech Republic territory, i.e. 78,865 km2.
Geographic limitations
Minimal bounding box
Westernmost coordinate: 12.09
Easternmost coordinate: 18.86
Southernmost coordinate: 48.55
Northernmost coordinate: 51.06
Time extent -
Altitude extension
Minimal value: 115.0
Maximal value: 1602.0
Vertical datum: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/5705

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:
Code: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/5514

Distribution

Distribution formate
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: ZU-obchod@cuzk.gov.cz
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=63183
Transfer possibilities
Units of distribution: country
Size of transfer unit in MB: 0
Online
Link: https://atom.cuzk.gov.cz/FGM500-PDF/FGM500-PDF.xml
Protocol: atom
Link: https://openzu.cuzk.gov.cz/opendata/FGM500-PDF/FGM500.pdf
Protocol:
Link: https://geoportal.cuzk.gov.cz/Default.aspx?mode=eShop&head_tab=sekce-01-gp&menu=13&fnc=getProduct&product_code=63183
Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD
Offline
Name: dvd

Data quality

Level of scope
Quality description level: series
Report - INSPIRE compliance
Test identifier: CZ-00025712-CUZK_FGM500-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
Measure identification: CZ-00025712-CUZK_FGM500-DQ_CompletenessOmission-1
Measure description: Evaluation of completeness of Czech Republic territory coverage by FGM 500.
Date and time of the measure: 2024-11-14T12:00:00
Test result – quantitative
Value domain: %
Units of measure: http://geoportal.gov.cz/res/units.xml#percent
Value: 100
Data origin
Data origin information: