Alpine Pasture Centers in Tyrol, Austria: Point Locations and Types

Approximately 2,600 alpine pastures in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, covering about 6,000 km² or over 47% of the region's area. The dataset likely contains point locations for alpine centers and classifies pastures by functional types such as no casualties, depositors, fund investors, high-end, galtviehleger, and sheep's laying. It is provided by Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map the density and distribution of alpine pasture centers based on the described point location data.
• Analyze the prevalence of different pasture functional types (e.g., high-end, sheep's laying) mentioned in the description.
• Study the relationship between alpine pasture area and total land cover in Tyrol based on the stated 47% coverage figure.

Strengths

• Covers approximately 2,600 distinct alpine pasture entities.
• Includes a spatial area metric of about 6,000 km² for the pastures.
• Defines multiple functional classifications for the pastures as described.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Collection Method

Localisation of alp buildings, settlements, or villages perceived as alpine centers, recorded via point locations.

Geography

Federal state of Tyrol, Austria