Orthophotomosaic of the Wadden Sea Huibergat 2019

An orthophotomosaic created from stereo aerial images for the VegWad 2011 monitoring program. The dataset covers the Texel Kwelders and Slufter areas of the Wadden Sea and was commissioned by the Waterdienst. It is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Monitor coastal vegetation changes based on high-resolution aerial imagery.
• Analyze geomorphological dynamics of tidal flats and salt marshes.
• Support habitat mapping and environmental management planning for the Wadden Sea.
• Conduct change detection analysis for coastal monitoring programs.

Strengths

• Data is derived from stereo aerial images, which likely provides accurate georeferencing and 3D information.
• The dataset is provided under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain license.
• It is commissioned by a government agency (Waterdienst) for a specific monitoring program.

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.
• The last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Created from stereo aerial images.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

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Geography

Wadden Sea, specifically the Texel Kwelders and Slufter areas (Huibergat).