Lichen Examination Measurement Data Since 1996

Measurement data from lichen examinations collected since 1996. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and is available under a CC-PDM-1.0 license. The data is accessible via WFS, PNG, and WMS file formats.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term environmental change based on lichen examination data mentioned in the description
• Train models for bioindicator species distribution based on measurement data
• Correlate air quality trends with lichen measurement records over time

Strengths

• Provides a multi-decade temporal series starting from 1996
• Published under a permissive public domain license (CC-PDM-1.0)
• Data originates from a national government ministry

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Measurement data from lichen examinations.

Time Range

Since 1996

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Likely the Netherlands or European region, inferred from the source organization.