Deep Lakes and Lakes in Groningen Province Under Environmental Ordinance

Groningen Province maintains a stock of deep lakes and lakes as defined by its Environmental Ordinance. The dataset likely contains geospatial information for these water bodies, which are protected due to their high water quality. It is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a CC-PDM-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map protected water bodies for conservation planning based on the defined stock of lakes.
• Analyze spatial distribution of high-quality water resources based on the described lake inventory.
• Support regulatory compliance and land-use balancing based on the ordinance's framework for future use.

Strengths

• Data is defined by a formal regional Environmental Ordinance, providing a legal basis.
• The stated purpose of protecting high water quality suggests a clear environmental focus.
• Available in standard geospatial service formats (WMS, WFS) for interoperability.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Province of Groningen, Netherlands