INSPIRE Buildings: Harmonized Building Data from the Dutch Cadastre

INSPIRE-harmonized building data from the Netherlands, sourced from the national Base Registry of Addresses and Buildings (BAG). The dataset is managed by the Dutch Cadastre under the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and is published under a CC0 1.0 license. It is accessible via standard geospatial web services including ATOM FEED, WFS, and WMS.

Use Cases

• Urban planning analysis based on building footprint and location data.
• Address data validation and enrichment based on linkage to the national address registry.
• Spatial analysis of building density and distribution patterns.
• Integration with other INSPIRE themes for environmental or risk assessment studies.

Strengths

• Data is harmonized to the INSPIRE data specification, ensuring interoperability across Europe.
• Sourced from the authoritative national Base Registry of Addresses and Buildings (BAG).
• Managed by the official Dutch Cadastre (Kadaster).
• Available via standard geospatial web services (WFS, WMS, ATOM FEED).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations), via the Dutch Cadastre.

Collection Method

Extracted and harmonized from the Basisregistratie Adressen en Gebouwen (BAG).

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Netherlands