Authorized Sand Excavation Permits from 1959 to 2009

Authorized excavation permits for sand extraction issued between 1959 and 2009. The dataset originates from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties) and is licensed under CC-PDM-1.0. The specific data volume and update date are not provided.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in authorized sand extraction based on the 1959-2009 time range mentioned in the description
• Correlating excavation permits with geological events like earthquakes based on the dataset's title and domain
• Mapping the spatial distribution of authorized extraction sites based on the likely geospatial nature of the data

Strengths

• Covers a significant 50-year time period from 1959 to 2009
• Has a clear public domain license (CC-PDM-1.0)
• Originates from an authoritative government ministry

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 (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely contains administrative records of authorized excavation permits.

Time Range

1959 to 2009

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Geography is not specified; likely related to the Netherlands or EU region given the platform.