T1 Railroad Easement Plates: Digitized Public Utility Easements for French Railways

Public utility easements (SUPs) are administrative limitations on property rights established for public works or activities in the public interest. This dataset, digitized by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, contains T1-type easements concerning properties adjacent to railways, defined by laws dating from 1845. The reference date for the data is its publication date, with the metadata last updated on 2021-09-28.

Use Cases

• Incorporate administrative land-use limitations into urban planning documents based on the described public utility easements (SUPs).
• Analyze visibility corridors and safety zones for railway infrastructure based on legal definitions from the 1845 Railway Police Law.
• Study the historical evolution of property rights near transport corridors based on the referenced laws and decrees from 1845, 1935, and 1989.

Strengths

• Data is derived from specific legal texts, including the Law of 15 July 1845 and subsequent decrees, providing a clear legal basis.
• Metadata includes direct links to the relevant articles of the French Road Traffic Code and a scanning guide for context.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, format, and structure require manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2021-09-28 00:00:00; freshness should be verified for current planning applications.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics and geospatial attributes must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

Collection Method

Digitization of administrative records for public utility easements (SUPs), a sovereign task of the State.

Time Range

Legal framework established from 1845 onward; dataset reference date is its publication date.

Freshness

Last updated 2021-09-28 00:00:00

Geography

Likely France, given the references to French legal codes and administrative structures.