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In this section you will find all the news related to the Territorial Information System of the Principality of Asturias and its Spatial Data Infrastructure.

 

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UPDATE – Viewpoints

20/01/2026

The information on the Viewpoints Map included in the SITPA-IDEAS platform has been updated. The action has consisted in the incorporation of 13 new viewpoints in the cartography.  In...

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NEW - View Service of the 1:5.000 Topographic Map of Asturias from 1968

08/01/2026

The 1:5.000 Topographic Map of Asturias was produced by the Hydroeconomic Service of the former Provincial Council of Oviedo based on a photogrammetric flight carried out in 1968,...

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UPDATE - Health Map

20/11/2025

The cartography and geographical information of the Health Map of the Principality of Asturias has been updated on the SITPA-IDEAS platform to comply with the approval of Decree 86/2025, of June...

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NEW - Historical Orthophoto from 1970

10/10/2025

The General Direction of Urban Planning, through the Cartography Service, has published on the SITPA IDEAS platform the complete orthophotography of our Autonomous Community's territory, based...

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SITPA-IDEAS Visualizers - Service RESTORED

21/08/2025

An issue that hindered access to geographic information visualization applications included in the SITPA-IDEAS platform from non-corporate computers belonging to the Asturian Administration has...

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RGAPA - NEW WEB appearance

28/08/2025

We are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed the redesign of the official website of the Active GNSS Network of the Principality of Asturias (RGAPA), following the corporate image...

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UPDATE – Habitats of community interest and seagrasses

14/08/2025

The following information on the SITPA-IDEAS platform has been reviewed and updated: Natura 2000 Network: The following protected areas have been added to the 1:5.000 scale habitats of...

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UPDATE of geographic information

23/06/2025

The following information layers belonging to the Topographic Base of Asturias at a scale of 1:5.000 (BTAst05) have been updated on the SITPA-IDEAS platform:  Hydrography / Lakes and...

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NEW - Map of the Inventory of the Cultural Heritage of Asturias (IPCA)

16/06/2025

The Map of the Inventory of Cultural Heritage of Asturias (IPCA) has been added to the SITPA-IDEAS platform. This IPCA includes movable and immovable assets with significant cultural value. It...

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NEW Map of Asturias 1:200.000

22/05/2025

The Cartography Service has developed a new map of Asturias at a scale of 1:200.000, which is distributed in GeoPDF, PDF (printable), and ECW formats from SITPA-IDEAS.  The georeferenced...

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UPDATE – "Protected Natural Areas"

21/05/2025

The information from "Protected Natural Areas" included in the SITPA-IDEAS platform has been reviewed and completed. The task consisted of the following: Revision of the "Natural Monuments...

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UPDATE of geographic information

31/01/2025

The following Data Sets have been updated on the SITPA-IDEAS platform: EDUCATION: the "Educational Centers" layer has been reviewed and updated in accordance with data from the State Registry of...

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NEW - Ortofoto PNOA 2023

20/01/2025

The PNOA Maximum Current Orthophotos of the Principality of Asturias corresponding to the 2023 flight and produced within the framework of the Agreement signed between the Administration of the...

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SITPA-IDEAS 2025 Calendars

17/12/2024

Two new wall calendars for the year 2025 have been incorporated into the SITPA-IDEAS platform, one in spanish and the other in asturian. Designed to be printed, they contain images of the asturian...

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UPDATE – NGTOPA

11/12/2024

With the incorporation of the councils of Tineo and Valdés, the georeferencing project of the official toponymy of the population entities of the 74 Asturian councils that have an officialization...

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ASTURIAS presents in Vitoria two innovative CARTOGRAPHIC PROJECTS

27/11/2024

Between November 13 and 15, the Iberian Space Infrastructure Conference was held in Vitoria, an annual event that brings together the geospatial community of Spain and Portugal, and which will...

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UPDATE – "Localities" layer

28/10/2024

The "Localities" layer included in the SITPA-IDEAS platform as part of the "Administrative Units" data set has been reviewed and updated. The task has been carried out based on the Decrees of...

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UPDATE – NGTOPA

26/09/2024

The following information on the SITPA-IDEAS platform has been reviewed and updated: Geographical Nomenclature of the Official Toponymy of the Principality of Asturias: the information is...

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Cycle of Conferences on TOPONYMY

23/09/2024

Over the next few weeks, the Royal Institute of Asturian Studies (RIDEA) is organizing a series of conferences on toponymy in the Principality of Asturias. The first will deal with the Geographic...

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UPDATE – Connectivity Map

17/09/2024

The following information on the SITPA-IDEAS platform has been reviewed and updated: Connectivity Map: 2nd measurement campaign of the connectivity map. Update of the connectivity data from the...

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UPDATE – Buildings and Transportation Network

26/08/2024

Recently, the Cartography Service has completed the project to update the buildings and transport infrastructure corresponding to the Topographic Base of Asturias at a scale of 1:5.000, now...

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UPDATE – Viewpoints

28/06/2024

The information on the Viewpoints Map included in the SITPA-IDEAS platform has been updated. The action has consisted in the incorporation of 33 new viewpoints in the cartography. In addition, 3D...

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NEW - Health Map

17/06/2024

A new data set corresponding to the Health Map of the Principality of Asturias has been added to the SITPA-IDEAS platform. The data set includes the following information: SANITARY AREAS AND...

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NEW - Geographic Gazetteer of the Official Toponymy of the Principality of Asturias

25/04/2024

The Geographic Gazetteer of the Official Toponymics of the Principality of Asturias (NGTOPA) is a dynamic registry that not only collects the official names of the geographically referenced...

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