Historical Peat Forest Structure of Drenthe Province, 19th Century

Flat elements of the cultural-historical main structure for the Dutch province of Drenthe concerning selected peat forest, specifically the Hollandscheveld forest. The data reflects the 19th-century construction and pattern of peat extraction, including neighborhoods and strokes. The dataset is provided by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties under a CC-PDM-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical land-use patterns based on the described peat extraction neighborhoods and strokes.
• Map the cultural-historical main structure of a 19th-century peat forest.
• Study the spatial legacy of industrial peat extraction in the Hollandscheveld forest.

Strengths

• Describes a specific historical land-use pattern from the 19th century.
• Focuses on a defined geographical area, the province of Drenthe.
• Released under a public domain dedication license (CC-PDM-1.0).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

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Time Range

19th century

Freshness

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Geography

Province of Drenthe, Netherlands, specifically the Hollandscheveld forest