Shore zones defined by regional spatial planning programmes in Lower Austria are shown. These grassland areas serve functions like spatial division, settlement segregation, recreation, and ecological networking. The dataset is provided by Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Mapping protected grassland corridors based on the described networking function.
- Assessing land-use change impacts based on permitted and prohibited dedication changes.
- Planning recreational areas near settlements based on the described function of recreation close to settlements.
- Analyzing spatial division and settlement segregation patterns based on the defined shore zone functions.
Strengths
- Data is provided in multiple standard geospatial formats including KML, JSON, and ESRI SHAPE.
- The dataset has a clear, permissive license (CC-BY-4.0).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and last update date are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich
- Collection Method
- Defined in accordance with Regional Spatial Planning Programmes.
- Geography
- Lower Austria