Henrichemont POS: French Municipal Land Use Plans as GIS Data

COVADIS data standard provides a technical framework for dematerialising local planning documents (LDPs) and land use plans (POS/PLU) into a spatial database. The standard was developed based on specifications updated in 2012 by the CNIG and the consolidated urban planning code from March 2012. This specific dataset applies the standard to the POS documents for the municipality of Henrichemont, France.

Use Cases

• Analyze zoning regulations based on the graphic zoning plans described in the standard
• Build GIS tools for urban planning based on the interoperable spatial database structure
• Study land use patterns in French municipalities based on the PLU/POS data standard
• Digitize historical urban planning documents based on the 2012 CNIG dematerialisation specifications

Strengths

• Based on a formal national data standard (COVADIS) for interoperability
• Aligns with updated 2012 specifications from the CNIG, a French national council

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last updated 2021-09-17 00:00:00; freshness should be verified

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Dematerialisation of municipal planning documents into a spatial database following the COVADIS standard.

Time Range

Documents referenced are from 2008, with standards based on 2012 specifications.

Freshness

2021-09-17

Geography

Municipality of Henrichemont, France.