Inspire Download Service: Soil/Potential suitability of geothermal heat collectors in Brandenburg (WFS-SO-STOEIGEWK)

The interoperable INSPIRE download service (WFS) Soil (potential geothermal heat collectors in Brandenburg) provides an overview of the suitability of the naturally stored, deposited soil for the near-surface, geothermal use of heat energy. The heat energy stored in the ground/surface surface can be obtained via heat exchangers (so-called geothermal heat collectors) and used by heat pumps for heating purposes (soil geothermal energy). The map shows the location suitability for geothermal collectors. According to the INSPIRE data specification Soil (D2.8.III.3_v3.0), the contents of the floor map are INSPIRE-compliant. The WFS includes the following feature types: — Monitoring process with information on the organisation involved in the process (LBGR), — derived soil object with information on the observation of the soil property to describe the derived soil object, —Observation of a soil property indicating the character of the soil-derived object, the observed property, the soil-derived observation of soil-related properties, the result of observations of the derived soil object, — Soil bodies, demarcated and with respect to certain soil characteristics and/or spatial patterns of homogeneous part of the floor ceiling; and — Soil layer with information on the assignment of the layer to a term corresponding to its nature, to the derived profile, which serves as the 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 provides an overview of the suitability of natural stored, deposited soil for the near-surface, geothermal use of thermal energy. The thermal energy stored in the ground/near surface can be obtained via heat exchangers (so-called geothermal collectors) and used by heat pumps for heating purposes (ground geothermal energy). The map shows the suitability of the location for geothermal collectors. 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, 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, 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).