INSPIRE Download Service: Soil geothermal energy in Brandenburg (WFS-SO-GEOTHERM)

The interoperable INSPIRE download service (WFS) Soil (ground geothermal energy in the state of Brandenburg) provides an overview of the area requirements of geothermal collectors for the use of near-surface geothermal energy in Brandenburg, optimised for scale 1: 300 000. This map is based on the legend units of the ground overview map (BÜK300) with corresponding allocation of parametrised floor shapes. These represent per legend unit (LE) a soil form society. The individual Surface Floor Forms (FBF) were provided with soil physical characteristics, which were determined by field and laboratory tests. This map takes into account two major factors influencing the thermal conductivity of the soil, soil type and soil water balance. According to the INSPIRE data specification Soil (D2.8.III.3_v3.0), the contents of the soil map are INSPIRE compliant. The WFS includes the following FeatureTypes: — Monitoring process with information on the organisation involved in the process (LBGR), — derived soil object with information to observe soil properties for the description of the derived soil object, — Observation of a soil property with information on the character of the object derived from the soil, the observed property, the observation of soil derived properties (geothermalAreaDemand), the result of observations of the derived soil object, — Soil body, defined and homogeneous part of the floor covering with respect to certain soil characteristics and/or spatial patterns; and — Soil layer indicating the allocation of the layer to a term corresponding to its nature (depth interval), the derived profile used as a reference profile for a particular type of soil in a given geographical area, the upper and lower depth of the profile element measured from the surface (0 cm) of a soil profile (in cm). — The compliant INSPIRE download service (WFS) Soil (Bodengeothermie im Land Brandenburg) provides an overview of the area demand of ground source heat collectors for the use of near-surface geothermal energy in the State of Brandenburg, optimised for the scale of 1: 300,000. This map is based on the legend units of the soil overview map (BÜK300). The map takes into account two major factors influencing the thermal conductivity of the soil, soil texture and soil water balance. The content of the soil map is compliant to the INSPIRE data specification for the annex theme Soil (D2.8.III.3_v3.0). The WFS includes the following feature types: — Observation process with information about the organisation involved in the process (LBGR), — Soil derived object with information on the observation of the soil property for characterising the soil derived object, — Observations of a soil derived object with information about the character of the soil derived object, the observed property, the soil derived observation of soil related properties (geothermalAreaDemand), the result of the observations of the soil derived object, — Soil body, part of the soil cover that is delineated and that is homogeneous with regard to certain soil properties and/or spatial patterns, and — Soil layer with information about the assignation of the layer according to the concept that fits its kind (depthInterval), to the derived soil profile, which serves as a reference profile for a particular type of soil in a specific geographical area, including the upper and lower depth of the profile element from the surface (0 cm) of a soil profile (in cm).