Visual Spheres of Influence for Weeds and Weed Villages in Groningen Province

The Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties provides this dataset containing visual spheres of influence for weeds and weed villages within the province of Groningen, Netherlands. The data is used for monitoring landscape characteristics, with aerial photo comparisons conducted every four years. Provincial regulations from 2016 establish rules for municipal zoning plans to preserve the visibility and recognizability of these features.

Use Cases

• Monitor changes in landscape visibility based on aerial photo comparisons conducted every four years.
• Analyze designated protection zones around weeds and weed villages for land-use planning.
• Support municipal zoning plan development by incorporating rules for visual preservation.
• Study the impact of cultivation and planting on the recognizability of historical landscape features.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific legal framework (Provincial Regulation 2016), providing a clear regulatory context.
• Monitoring is conducted on a regular, defined schedule (every four years).
• Geographic scope is explicitly defined (province of Groningen).

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

Likely derived from aerial photo analysis and administrative zoning.

Time Range

Monitoring cycle is every four years; specific temporal coverage is unknown.

Freshness

Monitoring occurs every four years, but the specific last update is unknown.

Geography

Province of Groningen, Netherlands.