Changes in the geo-information infrastructure in the Netherlands
                                             1980-2005

                                          Ferjan Ormeling

                               Cartography Section, Fac. Geosciences

                                         Utrecht University

                                        f.ormeling@geo.uu.nl

                                 Large-scale basic building block:

n     Large scale digital basic map of the Netherlands

-("Grootschalige BasisKaart Nederland - GBKN")

-scales: 1:1000 -- 1:2000

-production 1976-2001

-continuous updating

-project-based realisation >differences in contents

                                               1:1000



Fragmentation,

 no standardi-

sation, difficult

to procure

larger areas



     Line map                                       Area map

     .

Base map for conduits                     Comb. with cadastral map

                                    Digital Cadastral maps (AKI)

                                 Core file 1:10 000 Topographic map

                                       Core file 1:10 000 plus

                                 Core file 1:10 000 with buildings

                                               DTB nat

                                  Drainage information system WIS

                                    Planning Information System
                                   De Nieuwe Kaart van Nederland

                          AHN -- hypsometric file: 1 measurement per 16m^2

                          AHN -- hypsometric file: 1 measurement per 16m^2

                                 LGN - Land use information system

                               Soil statistics (functional land use)

                                         Situation in 2005

n      GBKN:1:1000 digital base map

n      Topographic map series: paper and digital =< 1:10 000

n      LKI: digital Cadastral maps

n      DTBnat:  Coastal and river zone information system

n      AHN: Hypsometric information System

n      BIS: Soil information system

n      Geological information system

n      WIS: Water management information system

n      LGN: Land use information system

n      CBS: Soil statistics and Socio-economic inform.systems

n      Nieuwe Kaart: planning information system

n      Municipal digital files (large cities)











                                          situation in1980
                                          paper mapseries

                     National Clearinghouse GeoInformation: http://www.ncgi.nl/

         Socio-economic data per district or ward for each municipality: http://www.cbs.nl



                              Waterland : water capacity and velocity

                                             Waterland

                                             Waterland

                                             Waterland

                            National atlas website:http://avn.geo.uu.nl

                 Geoparty: Integration of planning information at provincial level

                             What is planned for the immediate future?
                                    -Large-scale base map (GBKN)

                 Core file 1:10 000 with buildings and link to buildings data file

                             Current ideas/issues for the next 5 years

n    DataLand

n    Law for producing 1:10 000 core file, to which other databases can be linked

n    1:10 000 to be updated from GBKN 1:1000

n    1:10 000 to have a broader, more aggregated land use legend (additional detail to come from
linking with other databases)

n    Maps to be provided at distribution costs?

n    Digital exchange of planning maps





                                               But.....

n    Digibetes are further marginalised

                         Production of topographic map series, Netherlands

                             Generalization from 1:25.000 to 1:500.000

                               Current selection possibilities at TDN

                                        Object-oriented data

                                    Objects  with attributes (1)





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