WMS SL DOP20 (2011): German Digital Orthophotos at 20cm Resolution

WMS SL DOP20 (2011) is a collection of digital orthophotos with a ground resolution of 20 centimeters, captured in 2011. The dataset is provided by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy) and is accessible via a Web Map Service (WMS). The data was last updated in the platform's catalog on 2025-11-24.

Use Cases

• Conducting land use and land cover change analysis based on high-resolution aerial imagery.
• Creating or updating detailed base maps for cartographic purposes based on orthorectified photos.
• Performing visual inspections for infrastructure or environmental planning based on the 20cm ground resolution.

Strengths

• Provides a high ground resolution of 20 centimeters, suitable for detailed analysis.
• Sourced from the authoritative German national mapping agency, Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Likely derived from aerial photography and orthorectification processes.

Time Range

2011

Freshness

Last updated 2025-11-24 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Germany (implied from the source organization)