History and Maps

Finland’s geographical centre has been an area of interest before. While some have suspended an analogue cardboard model, some have tried to find the centre using mathematics. Because the calculation…

As one of the most environmentally friendly modes of travel, cycling plays an important role in designing sustainable urban mobility. In an ideal, cycling-friendly city, the infrastructure should allow cyclists…

Congratulations, you have received heritage! Not just any heritage, but World Heritage. You do not need to pay any inheritance tax or worry about registering the transfer of ownership. Since…

In Finland, several organisations have collected and maintained land use and land cover information for decades now. They have collected information from various sources using different methods, and this information…

Lidar remote sensing datasets have become commonplace tools for many archaeologists. In Finland, NLS datasets offer an excellent starting point in planning and conducting archaeological surveys. Elevation model data is…

In the spring of 2020, the demo service of SYKE and Avoin illustrated on a map which places it would be interesting to obtain observations of thawing after a winter…

The Maritime Spatial Plan is a strategic development document for a sustainable blue economy, and its key goal is to support the status of the marine environment. The plan is…

The majority of Finland’s old maps are available in the archives of the National Archives of Finland, the National Library of Finland and the NLS. Maps are also available in…

The Moscow Armistice was signed in September 1944. It marked the end of the Continuation War and forced Finnish troops to move to the western side of the border defined…

For geospatial data to be useful for the monitoring, analysis, and calculation of such effects, they must be comprehensive and meet quality standards. This requires collaboration between information-producing actors as…