GfK MACON has completely revised the digital maps of Sweden on 2006 status. The 2005 map material has not only been completely re-digitalised, it has also been expanded to include a map of the five-digit postcode districts. The Sweden Edition comprises all postal and administrative units as well as a large selection of topographical map layers, such as roads, railway lines, populated areas and elevations. The digital maps are provided as vector data records in the standard GIS formats Shape (ESRI), mid/mif (MapInfo) and RegioGraph (GfK MACON). All map objects are fully inscribed with national as well as international names. The Sweden Edition includes a map showing the five-digit postcode districts, the country’s smallest postal unit. All map levels, from the postal through the administrative to the topographical, have been re-digitalized on the basis of sample maps with a scale of 1:50,000. In doing so, the map material was also compared with the latest satellite pictures of each region.
