INSPIRE-WFS SL Hydro: Physical Bodies of Water from ATKIS Basic DLM

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie provides a geospatial service implementing the INSPIRE Hydro-Physical Waters theme from the ATKIS Basic DLM. The dataset focuses on representing standing waters, rivers, lakes, and other above-ground water bodies within inland areas, forming a water network from source to mouth. It was last updated on 2025-11-19.

Use Cases

• Model hydrological networks based on the representation of standing and flowing waters.
• Analyze water body connectivity for environmental impact assessments based on the described water network.
• Integrate standardized hydrographic data into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for European projects.
• Support water policy and framework directive reporting using the INSPIRE-compliant data specification.

Strengths

• Data conforms to the INSPIRE Directive's Annex I specification for hydrography.
• Service is provided by the authoritative national mapping agency Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2025-11-19 00:00:00.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the ATKIS Basic DLM source for Germany.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Derived from the ATKIS Basic DLM (Digital Landscape Model) and implemented as an INSPIRE-compliant OGC API Features service.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-11-19 00:00:00.

Geography

Likely focuses on inland waters in Germany, as per the ATKIS source and reference to geoportal.de.