Under the Digiroad release schedule, new data is published four times a year, in January, April, July and October.

Digiroad data is delivered in the following formats:

• Digiroad R contains dynamically segmented attribute data on reference chains. It is delivered in ESRI shape format.

• Digiroad R update contains data, which has changed after the previous release.

• Digiroad K is a delivery format in which traffic elements have been cut into parts containing uniform attribute data. Delivered in ESRI shape format, Digiroad K is suited for use with, for example, MapInfo products.

• Digiroad XML R is a file transfer format based on xml messages. It contains centre line geometry position data as well as attribute data dynamically segmented on reference chains. Digiroad XML R only contains data, which has changed after the previous release.

Each Digiroad release contains the following:

Basic delivery

• Digiroad R, in Euref-FIN coordinate system, files by region

• Digiroad K, in Euref-FIN coordinate system, files by region

• Digiroad R, in Euref-FIN coordinate system, files by municipality

• Digiroad R, in YKJ (Finland’s uniform coordinate system), files by municipality

• Digiroad K, in Euref-FIN coordinate system, files by municipality

• Digiroad K, in YKJ (Finland’s uniform coordinate system), files by municipality

Update delivery

• Digiroad R, in Euref-FIN coordinate system, files by region, and Digiroad XML R, in Euref-FIN coordinate system, files by municipality

Sample data can be downloaded from HERE.

Pricing

Digiroad customers are only charged extraction costs.

The pricing is based on the Decree of the Ministry of Transport and Communications on the Chargeable Services of the Finnish Transport Agency (1181/2009); Section 4: Fees for output and information services related to the Road and Street Network Information System. The Decree is in force until the end of 2010.

According to the Decree, the following fees shall be charged for data delivery and information service extraction:

• Extraction work: EUR 70 per hour worked

• Transfer files: EUR 20 per extraction

• Service fee: EUR 10 per extraction

Data extraction price:

3 h x EUR 70 + EUR 20 + EUR 10 = EUR 240 + VAT / delivery format / delivery

The Finnish Transport Agency reserves the right to change the prices.