Riverside Fairway Sections with Navigation Infrastructure and Policy Space

Vaarweg - Riverside sections is a geospatial dataset from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. It contains map layers detailing the axis, minimum widths, and infrastructural elements of fairways along waterways. The data was created by calculating and manually adjusting center lines in ArcGIS, then buffering for widths and adding nautical functions and topography.

Use Cases

• Modeling minimum fairway widths and potential bottlenecks based on calculated center lines and bank structures.
• Identifying policy space for waterway management where the channel exceeds minimum width requirements.
• Mapping nautical infrastructure such as bollards and mooring chairs for operational planning.
• Analyzing the impact of structures like bridges or locks, which have different width requirements.

Strengths

• Data includes multiple functional map layers (e.g., axis, widths, infrastructure) for comprehensive analysis.
• Creation involved both GIS calculation and manual adjustment for accuracy.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (WMS, WFS, JSON).
• Published under a public domain dedication license (CC-PDM-1.0).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment for large-scale projects.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Axis lines calculated in ArcGIS from bank lines, manually adjusted, and buffered for widths; functions inventoried and recorded in Auto-Cad before conversion.

Time Range

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Freshness

unknown

Geography

Likely covers inland waterways in the Netherlands, based on the authoring organization.