Generalised Coastline

It is about an automated derived coastline of the North Sea and Baltic Sea from different scale ranges of the Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) corresponding to the relative coverage area – see nautical product catalogue. The ENCs are produced in accordance with the valid international standard S-57.


It consists of generalised lines in the different ENC scale ranges Approach, Harbour and Berthing. None of these scale ranges provides a continuous coastline.


The derived coastline consists of natural and man-made (e. g. piers) elements.


As an alternative, there is a further coastline available. Information on this high-precision coastline is available via customer@bsh.de .

INSPIRE

Identification

File identifier
826cb51f-d49b-4c54-b911-63ab66ebca7a XML
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Online resource
Protocol

OGC Web Feature Service
Protocol

OGC Web Map Service
Resource identifier
code

https://gdi.bsh.de/de/metadata/Generalised-Coastline.xml

Metadata language
Deutsch
Encoding
Format
gml+xml
Version

3.2.1
Format

Atom Feed
Version

GeoRSS 1.1
Projection
code
EPSG:4326
 

Classification of data and services

Topic category
  • Oceans
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource

Coupled resource
 
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource

Coupled resource
 
 

Keywords

Spatial scope

  • National

Other keywords

Theme

  • BSH

  • coastline

  • Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency

  • natural features
area

  • Baltic Sea

  • German Bight

  • North Sea

  • Western Baltic Sea
 
 

Geographic coverage

N
S
E
W
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Temporal reference

Temporal extent
Temporal extent
Date (Publication)
2026-04-30
Date (Creation)
2026-04-30
Date (Revision)
2026-04-30
 

Quality and validity

Lineage

Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
 

Restrictions on access and use

Access constraints

Dieser Datensatz kann gemäß der "Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0" (www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0) genutzt werden.
Access constraints

{"id": "dl-by-de/2.0", "url": " https://www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0 ", "name": "Datenlizenz Deutschland Namensnennung 2.0", "quelle": "Quelle: Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie"}

Access constraints

Die Verwendung der Daten zu Navigationszwecken ist nicht gestattet.
Access constraints
Die Verwendung der Daten zu Navigationszwecken ist nicht gestattet.
 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Email

customer@bsh.de

 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Email

customer@bsh.de

 

Metadata information

Contact for the metadata
Organisation name

Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Email

datenprodukte@bsh.de

Date stamp
2026-05-07T18:05:45.65205
Metadata language
Deutsch
Character set
UTF8
 
 

SDS

Conformance class 1: invocable

Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
 

Conformance class 2: interoperable

Access constraints

Limitation
 

Use constraints

Limitation
 

Responsible custodian

Contact for the resource
 
 
 

Overviews

overview
Das Bild zeigt eine Vorschau auf die Daten

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W
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Keywords

BSH Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency coastline natural features

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Associated resources

Not available