Administrative units - administrative limits

The Administrative Units - Administrative limits dataset corresponds to the dataset of the Belgian administrative districts complying with INSPIRE provisions and regarding the legal situation defined on January 1st of the reference year. The administrative limits are updated annually at the same time as the land register plan so as to comply with the latter. Each polyline has a hierarchical role which corresponds respectively to the national, regional, provincial, administrative district and municipal limits of Belgium. The dataset can be downloaded via the ad hoc WFS or by full download.

Date ( Creation ): 2015-01-01

Date ( Publication ): 2017-01-01

Edition: 2019

Identifier: GAPD / Ali_AdBo

Presentation form: Digital map

Status: On going

Point of contact

FPS Finance - General Administration of Patrimonial Documentation (GAPD)

Koning Albert II laan, 33 bus 50 , Schaarbeek , 1030 , Belgium

https://finance.belgium.be/en/about_fps/structure_and_services/general_administrations/patrimonial_documentation

Maintenance and update frequency: Annually

INSPIRE feature concept dictionary INSPIRE feature concept dictionary

Administrative Boundary

Keywords

Finances ATOM

Belgian Federal Thesaurus Belgian Federal Thesaurus ( Theme )

Spatial scope Spatial scope ( Theme )

National

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )

Administrative units

Keywords ( Theme )

CadGIS
Limits
Cadastre
FPS Finances
Belgium

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: The licence is fully available in French (https://finances.belgium.be/sites/default/files/Licence_plan_opendata_FR.PDF) or in Dutch (https://financien.belgium.be/sites/default/files/Licentie_plan_opendata_NL.PDF).

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No limitations on public access

Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 25000

Metadata language: en

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Planning cadastre

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:3812

Codespace: EPSG

Geometric object type: Curve

Distribution format

GML ( version 3.0, GML, version 3.2.1 )

Specification

D2.8.I.4 Data Specification on Administrative Units – Draft Guidelines

OnLine resource: Downloadable data ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )
Downloadable data

OnLine resource: View service as regards the administrative units ( OGC:WMS )
View service as regards the administrative units

OnLine resource: Download service as regards the administrative units ( OGC:WFS )
Download service as regards the administrative units

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2010-04-26

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: Yes

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: Yes

Statement: The dataset Administrative Units - administrative limits is derived from the Administrative Units dataset - situation on January 1st. This is taken from the reference database for the land register data, CadGIS, whose situation is fixed on January 1st of the reference year. The geometric representation of administrative limits published in CadGIS is made up of a set of sections whose layout (X and Y coordinates) corresponds to the situation of an administrative limits at a given moment. Sometimes the coordinates are legally recorded, but often they are coming from an analysis and interpretation of legal documents, and/or field data or any other relevant information such as regional reference frames, aerial photographs or original plans. Therefore, this layout does not possess the same quality everywhere. Especially in places that have not been subject to recent measurements, (carto)graphic coordinates can be proposed and can therefore change over time if new information of better quality is provided in compliance with the update rules currently being developed. In the CadGIS database, the administrative limits are the delimitations of Belgian administrative entities at different hierarchical levels, i.e. municipalities, administrative arrondissements, provinces, regions and finally the country. Polygons (corresponding to the territories of the different hierarchical levels from the municipality to the country) are generated on the basis of the layout of these limits.