Beekdal: Cultural-Historical Land Use Structure for Drenthe Stream Valleys, 2010

Drenthe province in the Netherlands is the geographic scope of this dataset. It contains flat elements of the cultural-historical main structure for selected stream valleys, likely depicting features like haylands, grasslands, wood walls, and ditches. The dataset was created by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties and is based on the 2010 Culture History Compass and OGV.

Use Cases

• Map historical agricultural zones based on the described haylands and grasslands.
• Analyze the spatial relationship between stream valleys and esvillains (settlement areas).
• Study historical land management features like wood walls and ditches across streams.

Strengths

• Data is provided under a public domain dedication license (CC-PDM-1.0).
• The description provides specific historical context for land use features.
• Data originates from an authoritative government ministry.

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

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely derived from the Culture History Compass (CHS) and OGV cartographic sources.

Time Range

Based on sources from 2010.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Province of Drenthe, Netherlands, focusing on selected stream valleys.