Wood Singels Monitoring in Dutch Landscapes via Aerial Comparison

Wood singels and wood walls in the Westerwolde, Gorecht, and Southern Westerkwartier regions of the Netherlands are monitored every four years. The dataset, provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, aims to provide insight into the effectiveness of policies to preserve these linear landscape features. The status of these features is determined through aerial comparison.

Use Cases

• Assessing the effectiveness of landscape preservation policy based on the monitored status of wood features.
• Analyzing the distribution and types of linear woodland features (wood singels vs. wood walls) in specific Dutch regions.
• Monitoring changes in landscape diversity and enclosure over time based on the four-year aerial survey cycle.

Strengths

• Features are monitored on a regular four-year cycle, enabling temporal analysis.
• The dataset has a defined geographic scope covering three specific Dutch regions.
• Data is provided under an open license (CC-PDM-1.0).

Limitations

• Row count and data scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The status of wood features not part of the measuring network is described as unknown.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Aerial comparison for status determination.

Time Range

Monitoring occurs every four years; specific coverage period is unknown.

Freshness

Update frequency is every four years, but the last update date is unknown.

Geography

Westerwolde, Gorecht, and the Southern Westerkwartier in the Netherlands.