Old Mining Traffic Light Map: Mining Impact Risk for Districts in Rhineland-Palatinate

The State Office for Geology and Mining Rhineland-Palatinate (LGB) provides a geospatial 'traffic light map' indicating mandatory authority participation for construction planning based on suspected or proven old mining impacts. The map is based on an evaluation of all available archive documents and literature at the LGB, assigned to individual districts, and is scheduled to be available online from 01.01.2026. The dataset is published via an OGC API Features service by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and was last updated on 2026-02-04.

Use Cases

• Assess mandatory authority participation for construction permits based on suspected or proven old mining labels.
• Identify districts with potential historical mining activity for land-use planning and risk assessment.
• Support research into historical mining patterns and their modern-day implications based on evaluated archive documents.

Strengths

• Based on an evaluation of all archive documents and available literature held by the State Office for Geology and Mining Rhineland-Palatinate (LGB).
• The traffic light map is regularly updated as part of the LGB's digitization efforts, with the current status shown.
• Provides a clear, map-based indicator for mandatory authority participation in construction planning processes.

Limitations

• The LGB notes its documents do not claim to be complete, as undocumented historical mining may have occurred or documents may have been lost.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset's primary spatial coverage is limited to districts within Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Provenance

Source

State Office for Geology and Mining Rhineland-Palatinate (LGB), published by Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.

Collection Method

Evaluation and assignment of all available archive documents and literature at the LGB to individual districts.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-04 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Districts in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.