This dataset derives from the one used in a past EuroSDR benchmark (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2009.06.002), and should be used as a benchmark for topographic map generalisation techniques. It contains several topographic layers as shapefiles (roads, buildings, rivers, forests, contour lines...), a style description to display the data at the 1:50k scale, and a table of the generalisation constraints that should be respected in this 1:50k scale map. The initial data can considered as detailed for maps at the 1:15k scale. The projection of the data is "Lambert II Etendu", EPSG:27572. The area is 11*11 km large.