Science and environment

IGN

French public maps, geographic data and resources on land and forests.

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Archived preview

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A concrete use case

Choose geographic data for a question

Select the background, layer and scale relevant to the territory or measure.

Check first: Read dates and precision; a map alone does not establish property rights.

Solar panels in a rural landscape
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Documented resource details

Choose between institution, data and interactive map

IGN.fr presents geographic and forest work. Use the relevant map service to explore, and dataset documentation to reuse data. The portal access date differs from survey or aerial-image dates.

Metadata
Producer, edition, resolution and coverage.
Reuse
The particular dataset’s licence.
Is a detailed view necessarily recent?

No. Read the edition and metadata of the displayed layer.

Official documentation

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