BGT: Large-Scale Topographic Map of the Netherlands

The Netherlands is covered by the Basic Registration of Large-Scale Topography (BGT), a detailed digital map recording the location of physical objects like buildings, roads, water, and railways. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties) under a CC0-1.0 license. The BGTA version is enriched with over- and understructure and berth geometries specifically for the municipality of Amsterdam.

Use Cases

• Urban planning and development analysis based on recorded building and road locations.
• Infrastructure network modeling based on recorded railway lines and waterways.
• Land use and agricultural site analysis based on recorded site geometries.
• Creating enriched base maps for Amsterdam based on the added over- and understructure data.

Strengths

• Covers the entire geography of the Netherlands.
• Records a wide range of physical objects, including buildings, roads, water, railways, and agricultural sites.
• Includes an enriched version (BGTA) with additional structural data for Amsterdam.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Official topographic registration.

Time Range

unknown

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Netherlands, with Amsterdam-specific enrichments