COVADIS data standard provides specifications for digital storage of geographical data within Risk Prevention Plans (RPPs). The RPP tool is part of French law on civil security and major risk prevention, with development responsibility lying with the State and decision by the Prefect. The dataset is maintained by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and was last updated in October 2020.
Use Cases
- Map geological hazard zones based on the described risk prevention plans.
- Analyze land-use regulations for areas with shrinking and inflating clays.
- Support civil security planning based on the legal framework of the 1987 law.
Strengths
- Based on the COVADIS national data standard for risk prevention plans.
- Developed under the legal framework of the French Law of 22 July 1987.
- Maintained by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, a French public institution.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2020-10-05 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES
- Freshness
- Last updated 2020-10-05 00:00:00
- Geography
- Commune of Cologne, Gers, France