Archaeological Expectations and Values Map for Municipal Planning, 2022

A municipal-scale archaeological map adopted by the City Council on 21 June 2022, with a mandatory update scheduled by 2027. The map classifies areas by archaeological value and expected findings to inform spatial planning decisions. It was created by consulting soil maps, historical maps, and previous archaeological studies.

Use Cases

• Assessing archaeological risk for construction projects based on the map's classification of value categories.
• Informing municipal spatial planning decisions based on the substantive and social balance of interests the map provides.
• Planning mandatory archaeological research for soil-moving developments that exceed defined surface and depth exemption limits.
• Studying the distribution of underground military heritage based on the associated report and map attachment.

Strengths

• Has a formal adoption date (21 June 2022) and a scheduled update deadline (by 2027).
• Based on a study consulting multiple relevant sources like soil maps and historical maps.
• Available in multiple geospatial and tabular formats (ESRI SHAPE, CSV, JSON).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified beyond the scheduled 2027 update.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Result of an archaeological office study at municipal scale, consulting sources like soil maps, historical maps, and previous studies.

Time Range

2022 (adoption date). Temporal coverage of the underlying data is not specified.

Freshness

Adopted in 2022, with a scheduled update by 2027. Last update date is unknown.

Geography

Municipal scale, likely for the city of Eindhoven based on the data portal URL.