INSPIRE-WFS SL Transport Networks: Service Area Types for Germany

German transport network data from the ATKIS Basic DLM, provided via an OGC WFS interface. The Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG) maintains this service, which was last updated on November 19, 2025. It describes types of service areas and their associated facilities as part of the INSPIRE Traffic Networks theme.

Use Cases

• Map service area facilities based on the described types.
• Analyze transport network service coverage based on the described areas.
• Integrate German transport network data into INSPIRE-compliant systems based on the OGC WFS service.

Strengths

• Data is provided via a standardized OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) interface.
• Maintained by the official German mapping agency, Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.
• Conforms to the INSPIRE directive for Traffic Networks data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Derived from the ATKIS Basic DLM (Digital Landscape Model).

Freshness

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

Geography

Germany