European River Network Stationing Data for Reporting Waters

Stationing data indicates the 'river-kilometre' for each flowing water in a reporting water network. The data is provided by Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich under a CC-BY-4.0 license. The stationing is carried out from the estuary to the source, and the reference points are designed to remain stable despite changes in the watercourse geometry.

Use Cases

• Mapping water body boundaries based on stable river-kilometre references.
• Locating installations and assessment points along a river network using the stationing system.
• Analyzing discrepancies between stationing length and actual water axis length for hydrological studies.

Strengths

• Stationing provides stable reference points for features like water body boundaries, which do not change position even if the watercourse geometry is updated.
• The description explains the specific methodology, noting stationing runs from estuary to source, contrary to flow direction.

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.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the eu_open_data platform's coverage.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Geography

Likely Austria and surrounding European regions, inferred from the authoring organizations.