WFS Storm Flood: 1962 Hamburg Storm Surge Inundation Areas

A Web Feature Service (WFS) presents historical data on the 1962 storm surge in Hamburg. The service was created for a 50th-anniversary portal and includes flooded areas with associated photos and texts. Data is provided by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie for use in geoinformation systems.

Use Cases

• Map historical flood extents based on the described inundation areas.
• Analyze urban vulnerability to coastal flooding based on the 1962 Hamburg event.
• Create educational or memorial visualizations based on the linked photos and texts.

Strengths

• Data is linked to a specific, well-documented historical event (the 1962 Hamburg storm surge).
• Includes multimedia elements such as photos and texts alongside geospatial features.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Compiled for a historical internet portal on the 50th anniversary of the event.

Time Range

1962

Geography

Hamburg, Germany