WMS Development Plans for Kreis Wesel: Legally Binding Urban Planning Data

A WMS service provides geospatial layers of legally binding development plans for the Kreis Wesel region, based on the XPlanung standard. The service is provided via the xPlanBox software and is sourced from the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie. The number of plans or spatial features is unknown.

Use Cases

• Visualizing legally binding development zones based on the XPlanung standard.
• Querying detailed plan attributes for specific locations using the GetFeatureInfo function.
• Linking planning objects to external legal documents via referenced file queries.

Strengths

• Contains only legally binding plans, which suggests high regulatory relevance.
• Attributes can be queried interactively via the GetFeatureInfo function.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Provided via the xPlanBox WMS service based on the XPlanung standard.

Geography

Kreis Wesel region