Solar Atlas 2011 Bottrop: Shade and Suitability Analysis

Solar atlas 2011 Bottrop is a geospatial dataset representing shade-relevant trees and tree crowns, roof pitches, roofs or flat roofs, suitability areas, and suitability classes. The dataset is provided by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and is available via WMS service. Its license is CC0-1.0.

Use Cases

• Identify suitable roof areas for solar panel installation based on suitability classes.
• Model solar energy potential by accounting for shade from trees and tree crowns.
• Plan urban development and green infrastructure based on roof pitch and flat roof data.

Strengths

• Dataset includes multiple geospatial layers for comprehensive solar analysis.
• Data is provided under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for broad reuse.

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

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

2011

Geography

Bottrop, Germany