Provincial Weed Protection Areas Under the Groningen Environmental Ordinance

Weed villages and other characteristic settlements in the Province of Groningen are protected by rules in its Environmental Ordinance. The dataset likely contains spatial boundaries for these areas, as mandated by Article 3.1.6 of the Spatial Planning Decree. It is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a public domain license.

Use Cases

• Map protected weed village boundaries based on the described environmental regulations.
• Analyze spatial relationships between settlements and landscape features mentioned in the description.
• Support regulatory compliance checks for municipal protective rules for cultural historical values.

Strengths

• Data originates from a formal provincial Environmental Ordinance, suggesting legal authority.
• Available via standard geospatial web services (WMS, WFS) for integration.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Province of Groningen, Netherlands