INSPIRE-WFS Transport Networks: Ferry Routes from ATKIS Basic DLM

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie provides data on ferry routes as part of the INSPIRE Transport Networks topic. The service was last updated on 2025-11-19. It is implemented from the ATKIS Basic DLM (Digital Landscape Model).

Use Cases

• Mapping ferry network connectivity based on the described ferry route data.
• Analyzing multimodal transport corridors based on the inclusion of ferry transport.
• Integrating ferry infrastructure into broader geospatial analyses of transport networks.

Strengths

• Data conforms to the INSPIRE directive for standardized European geospatial data.
• Last update was 2025-11-19, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

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

Freshness

2025-11-19

Geography

Likely Germany, as ATKIS is a German geodata product, but the description does not explicitly state the coverage.