geo.be Metadata Catalog
geo.be Metadata Catalog (National Geographic Institute)
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Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
This AtomFeed download service provides access to federal datasets that are reported under the INSPIRE Directive. The datasets can be accessible for free or under conditions.
•The custodian of the resource holds the rights of property (including the rights of intellectual property) to the geographic files •The custodian grants the user the right to use the data for his internal use. •Commercial use of the data under any form is strictly forbidden •Custodian’s name must be mentioned each time the data are being used publically.
Hail products are derived from the observed vertical profiles of radar reflectivity and the NWP vertical profiles of temperature. Three types of products are generated. poh : probability of hail of any size (larger than 0.5 cm diameter)expressed in %. posh : probability of severe hail(larger than 2cm)expressed in %. mesh : maximum expected size of hailexpressed in mm of hailstone diameter. All products are generated every 5 minutes. This product is not publically available yet.
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Hail detection module is an implementation of two hail detection algorithms: of Witt and of Waldvogel (Waldvogelet al., 1979). The module takes radar observations and temperature information and estimates probability of hail (POH, %), probability of severe hail (POSH, %) and maximum expected size of hail (MESH, mm). The implementation of the Waldvogel algorithm is based on the Holleman's equation (I. Holleman, 2001), which was verified for Belgium by Delobbe et al. (2003). The POH is derived in the algorithm from the presence of a substantial updraft detected above the freezing level (0º-isoterm). The implementation of the Witt algorithm is based on the weighted integration of the reflectivity values between the heights of 0º-isoterm and -20º-isotherm (Witt et al., 1998). This algorithm provides POSH and MESH estimates.
The entities included in the dataset represent the Belgian rail transport network in the sense of the Inspire European directive. The dataset comprises several classes and is in accordance with the INSPIRE specifications. The RailLink class represents, in a linear manner, all of the rail links between each pair of dots for the network considered. The RailwayStationNode class represents occasionally all of the stations located along the network. In addition to this are two classes without geometry. The RailwatType class ranks the segments according to the type of rail transport for which they were designed. All the segments for this dataset belong to the train category. The "RailwaytElectrification" class lists the segments according to whether they are electrified or not.
The data have been collected in two different ways: on the one hand, by field survey, writing down the attribute data on mat-pale photographs, followed by the photogrammetric stereo restitution of the geometry in a CAD-file (with Lambert72 xyz-coordinates) and finally the topological cleaning up and the import of the attribute data in a 2D-database. On the other hand, by photogrammetric stereo restitution of the geometry in a CAD-file (with Lambert72 xyz-coordinates), followed by the import (on-site) of the attribute data in the CAD-files and finally the topological cleaning up in a 2D-database.During the dataloading into the new ITGI-model, the contents of the 2D-database have been mapped and converted into a database with Lambert2008-coordinates. The z-coordinate was recovered from the photogrammetric restitution's CAD-files or calculated on the basis of the DTM.
INSPIRE view service for general marine datasets-WMS
INSPIRE compliant view service for geographic information of general marine datasets made available by the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS). More specific products such as the Marine Spatial Plan and the MSFD data are provided by other WMS services.
Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
View service - Orthophoto Meuse, Vesdre and Demer
The service makes it possible to view the aerial photos with orthorectification taken by Hansa Luftbild at NGI's request following the floods of July 2021 in the areas of the Vesdre, part of the Meuse downstream of Liège and the Demer. The resolution of the original data is 6.5 cm (4 cm above the Hoëgne). The service allows the images to be viewed at a maximum resolution of 25 cm. Orthophotos are digital aerial photographs in which the systematic distortions due to the central projection, relief and the not always perfectly vertical axis of shooting have been corrected. The orthophoto thereby obtained is metrically more accurate than an ordinary aerial photograph and is highly valuable as basic information.
This web service provides a display of the Administrative Units - INSPIRE datase This webservice complies with the INSPIRE specifications.
Administrative, statistical and cadastral units
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).
INSPIRE View service - CORINE Land Cover-2018-Belgium
This web service allows viewing datasets from CORINE Land Cover-2018-Belgium.
Occupation and planning of sea and land areas
INSPIRE view service for the Marine Strategic Framework Directive-WMS
INSPIRE compliant view service for geographic information of the datasets of the Marine Strategic Framework Directive made available by the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS).
MapIndex is a regular grid of rectangular or square cells coded with alphanumeric characters. It has been defined for the Belgian territory and allows geolacating several events. The present version is a beta (v2)version which is submitted to the emergency services. It will evolve to a standard cartographic grid.
HVD_cat_area_management, HVD_cat_restrictions, HVD_cat_regulation_zones, HVD_cat_reporting_units
Standard cartographic grid (beta version) built on two levels: -The first corresponds to the NGI’s standard map grid for the 1 :10000 scale ( 8km x 5km). -The second consists of cells with a side of 500 meters, coded with a letter and a number.
DSM 1m is a homogeneous and regular point grid indicating the height of the Earth’s surface level in order to model its landscape. DSM 1m is achieved by interpolating in Lambert 2008 source data in Lambert 72 and at a 1m-resolution from the Flemish and Brussels Regions, and by adding Lambert 2008 data at 1m-resolution from the Walloon Region.
The 1m DSM is obtained by interpolation in Lambert 2008 of the raw height data regrouping the source data, in Lambert 72 and at 1m resolution, of the Flemish and Walloon regions. The source data used for the production of this DSM are the DSM at 1m resolution of the regions: those of the AIV (ex-AGIV), for the Flemish region and those of the SPW, for the Walloon region. These source data are collected and processed to obtain a homogeneous and regular grid with a point every 1m in X and Y indicating the height of the land surface. The two regional organisations providing their product in Lambert 72, the IGN reprojected the data into Lambert 2008 and carried out an interpolation in order to obtain a product with round coordinates and then assembled them so that the DSM 1m product thus created covers the entire Belgian territory"The product called “DSM1meter”, in short DSM 1m, indicates the height of the surface of the Earth, i.e. the ground or any other permanent and visible landscape element (vegetation, construction, …) compared to the Belgian zero level (fictitious zero-D of Uccle). In other words, it is the orthometric height, commonly known as height. The source data used to produce this DSM are the DSM at a 1m-resolution from the regions: data from Digitaal Vlaanderen (former AIV and former AGIV) for the Flemish Region, data from the SPW for the Walloon Region and data from Paradigm for the Region of Brussels-Capital. These regional DSM are derived from the clouds of points obtained during the LiDAR campaign (flight of 9 October 2021 for Brussels, from 19 February 2021 to 5 March 2022 for Wallonia and from 20 February 2013 to 20 April 2015 for Flanders). These source data are gathered and processed in order to obtain a homogeneous and regular grid with every meter a point in X and Y indicating the height of the surface level of the Earth. As the Flemish and Brussels regional bodies deliver their products in Lambert 72, the NGI reprojected those in Lambert 2008 and achieved an interpolation in order to obtain a product with round coordinates, and then gathered them with the product of the Walloon Region (already in Lambert 2008) so that the newly created DSM 1m-product covers the whole Belgian territory. During the creation of DSM 1m, the highest priority is to get a complete coverage. This priority is an important requirement for internal applications oof the NGI and for most external customers. Besides, the availability of DSM 1m as a standard product (point grid every 1m in XY) in a generic format (gdb raster file) that can be used by all the software packages is a remarkable asset for internal and external applications.
Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Directorate Natural Environment, GeoCell
FPS Finance - General Administration of Patrimonial Documentation (GAPD)