UNE-EN ISO 19157-1:2024

This document establishes the principles for describing the quality of geographic data. It

defines a well-considered system of components for describing data quality;

defines the process for defining additional, domain specific components for describing data quality;

specifies components and content structure of a data quality measures;

describes general procedures for evaluating the quality of geographic data;

establishes principles for reporting data quality.

This document is applicable to data producers providing quality information to describe and assess how

well a dataset conforms to its product specification and to data users attempting to determine whether

or not specific geographic data are of sufficient quality for their particular application.

This document does not attempt to define minimum acceptable levels of quality for geographic data. Such

information is usually present as a requirement in a data product specification, for example defined in

compliance with ISO 19131.