Topography Amsterdam: Combined Large and Small-Scale Objects

Topography Amsterdam is a dataset from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations containing combined topographic objects for Greater Amsterdam. It integrates small-scale objects from the KBKA50 and KBKA10 datasets and large-scale objects from the BGTA, with additional components like courtyard gardens and street names. The dataset is provided in PNG and GML formats under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Create detailed base maps for urban planning based on the described topographic objects.
• Analyze land use and public space distribution based on components like business parks and public greenery.
• Visualize infrastructure and construction status based on the inclusion of over and under construction data.
• Generate cartographic products at specific scales between 1:75,000 and 1:200 as described.

Strengths

• Integrates multiple authoritative topographic data sources (KBKA50, KBKA10, BGTA) for a unified view.
• Contains additional detailed components like courtyard gardens, street names, and berths not found in base datasets.
• Explicitly defined for use across a wide range of cartographic scales, from 1:75,000 to 1:200.

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

Combination of small-scale (KBKA50, KBKA10) and large-scale (BGTA) topographic survey datasets.

Time Range

unknown

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Greater Amsterdam (Groot Amsterdam), Netherlands