Geodata for research, education and cultural activities

Do you need digital maps and geodata for teaching, studies, research or cultural activities? Teachers, pupils, students, researchers and cultural activities can access free geodata from several authorities.

Free access to geodata and services

Lantmäteriet and SGU, Sweden's geological survey, offer free access to maps, aerial photographs, laser data, data on rocks and soils and population statistics.

Geodata for researchers or students at colleges or universities

To access geodata use the download service: maps.slu.se (new window) where you select your college or university, then you can log in with the same username and password that you use for your studies or research.

Log in to the download service (new window)
Guide to the download service (pdf, new window)
For support questions about the download service: get.support@slu.se (new window) and twitter@support_get (new window).

As a student, researchers or employees at colleges / universities, you have the right to publish geodata from Lantmäteriet , SGU, Statistics Sweden and the Swedish Maritime Administration together with your own information in independent work and in scientific publications.

When you use geodata as a background image or when parts of data sets are included in a new image that is published in an essay, report or article, you must always state the source reference.The following text must be stated in the work: Data source / map product © Authority Example: Map 1: 10,000 Download, raster © Lantmäteriet .

It should primarily be written in the figure with the map or in the figure text and secondly (if there are many figures) in a clear place in the publication.

Geodata for students or teachers in primary or secondary school

To get access to free geodata for teaching and studies, contact Lantmäteriet geodatasupport@lm.se.

Primary and secondary schools have access to free geodata for teaching and learning through the license agreement (in Swedish, pdf, new window) or by the municipality having a user agreement for Geodata collaboration.

Geodata for cultural activities

For to get access to free geodata for your cultural activities, contact Lantmäteriet geodatasupport@lm.se.

Licensing agreements

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Terms

Primary schools, colleges, colleges, universities and cultural institutions can sign license agreements for the use of geodata in research, education and cultural activities.

The license agreement provides students, pupils, teachers, researchers and cultural activities free access to geodata from several authorities.

The license agreement allows the use of geodata in activities in research, education and culture.

Research

Research does not mean -commercial research where the results are of general interest and become publicly available or published regardless of the organizational form of the activity where the research is conducted.

Business research where the purpose is to promote one's own business is not covered. Local history research or genealogy research, which is conducted within non-profit associations or by private individuals is not covered.

Education

Education that falls under the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Those covered are colleges / universities or primary / secondary schools that are run under municipal auspices or as private or independent schools. Folk high schools and polytechnics are also to be regarded as formal education.

Educations conducted by companies whose business concept is to arrange targeted educations towards an individual company or organization, or for the purpose of educating users of a specific software or similar not covered.

Culture

Culture as a non-profit, permanent, publicly accessible activity relating to:

theater, dance and music activities
museum activities
library activities
arts and culture promotion activities
regional private archive activities
film cultural activities
handicraft promotion.