Pingo Ruins in the Gorecht District of Groningen Province

Pingo ruins are geologically valuable landforms created by natural processes during the last Weichselian ice age. The dataset, provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, is included in the Provincial Environmental Vision 2016-2020 and aims to protect these features from threats like new construction and deep ploughing. It covers the Gorecht district in the province of Groningen.

Use Cases

• Map and analyze the distribution of pingo ruins based on their described geological formation.
• Support land-use planning and conservation efforts based on the provincial ordinance rules mentioned.
• Study the impact of historical climate change on landscapes based on the ice-age origin described.
• Monitor environmental threats to geological heritage sites based on mentioned risks like building and leveling.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific legal framework for protection, the Provincial Environmental Ordinance 2016.
• Includes a detailed geological description of the formation process of pingo ruins.
• Available in multiple geospatial service formats (WMS, WFS) for integration.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Gorecht district, province of Groningen, Netherlands