Stichting Kenniscentrum Bodemdaling en Funderingen

What Stichting Kenniscentrum Bodemdaling en Funderingen does

Stichting Kenniscentrum Bodemdaling en Funderingen operates Bodemdalingskaart.nl, the Dutch Ground Motion Service, a free public geodetic monitoring platform that visualizes vertical land motion across the entire Netherlands at millimeter precision. The platform is an initiative of the Nederlands Centrum voor Geodesie en Geo-Informatica (NCG) and is built on a multi-technique data stack: Sentinel-1 satellite radar interferometry (InSAR) processed by commercial partner SkyGeo, anchored by GNSS measurements from 06-GPS's national 43-station reference network and absolute gravity measurements, with atmospheric corrections applied using numerical weather models from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). It delivers two core products — Bodemdalingskaart 1.0, a nationwide statistical overview aggregated into 4x4 km cells that separates deep versus shallow deformation causes using probability density function analysis, and Bodemdalingskaart 2.0, an interactive viewer exposing ~165–200 million individual measurement points with per-point displacement time series, based on 1,467 Sentinel-1 acquisitions between January 2015 and June 2020 (40 billion total geodetic measurements). Scientific validation is provided through collaborations with TU Delft, Universiteit Twente, and Hogeschool Utrecht, and the entity holds a granted European patent on connecting InSAR data to a geodetic reference system.

The platform serves Dutch municipalities, water authorities, natural resource extractors (hydrocarbons, salt), civil engineering and construction professionals, academic researchers, and the general public — constituencies that need to monitor subsidence affecting roads, railways, dikes, bridges, and buildings and to prioritize infrastructure replacement. Data is distributed entirely digitally via the bodemdalingskaart.nl web portal and the SkyGeo-hosted visualization, with downloadable GeoTIFF and CSV files available to registered users under a CC BY-SA 4.0 open license; a Google Groups forum and newsletter support community engagement.

The business model is non-commercial. The entity is a non-profit Dutch foundation (Stichting) operating as a research coordination body with 11 employees, no disclosed funding rounds, no pricing, and no paying customers. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via the open website, with professional customized analyses referred to commercial partner SkyGeo, which monetizes the enterprise tier. Operating geographies are explicitly limited to the Netherlands.

Name

Stichting Kenniscentrum Bodemdaling en Funderingen

Legal name

NCGEO (Nederlands Centrum voor Geodesie en Geo-Informatica)

Website

https://bodemdalingskaart.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stichting Kenniscentrum Bodemdaling en Funderingen operates Bodemdalingskaart.nl, a free Dutch non-profit platform that visualizes millimeter-precision vertical ground motion across the Netherlands using Sentinel-1 InSAR, GNSS, and gravity data, serving municipalities, water authorities, infrastructure professionals, and researchers under a CC BY-SA 4.0 open license.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geodetic Ground Motion Monitoring Services

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)

akta.pro primary industry

Geotechnical Instrumentation & Monitoring (Settlement, Inclinometers, Piezometers) (IMAFAOAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Continuous/Remote Monitoring Systems (IoT Sensors, Telemetry, Networks) (EUAHACAL)

Keywords

• Ground motion monitoring
• Satellite radar interferometry
• Geodetic data services
• Land subsidence mapping
• Geodetic reference systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Delft

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Free Public Data Service: The service is provided free of charge to the public. Data is released under CC BY-SA 4.0 license, allowing free reuse with attribution. No commercial revenue model is apparent from the sources.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Stichting Kenniscentrum Bodemdaling en Funderingen operates Bodemdalingskaart.nl, the Dutch Ground Motion Service, which provides nationwide monitoring of vertical land and object motion using satellite radar interferometry (InSAR), GNSS, and gravity measurements with millimeter precision. The service is delivered as two interactive web-based products (Bodemdalingskaart 1.0 at 4x4 km resolution and Bodemdalingskaart 2.0 at individual measurement point level), covering 165+ million measurement points across the Netherlands with data released under a CC BY-SA 4.0 open license.

Product overview

The Bodemdalingskaart (Dutch Ground Motion Service) is a geodetic monitoring platform operated by Stichting Kenniscentrum Bodemdaling en Funderingen in collaboration with universities, knowledge centres, and geodetic companies (led by SkyGeo). It consists of two primary products: Bodemdalingskaart 1.0 (Surface Motion Map), which provides a nationwide statistical overview of vertical ground motion in 4x4 km grid cells using billions of InSAR measurement points, and Bodemdalingskaart 2.0 (Surface and Object Motion Map), an interactive upgrade that shows individual measurement points at object level with time-series analysis. Supporting modules include a public forum, a knowledge/explanation portal with scientific publications, and downloadable data files (GeoTIFF and CSV) for registered users. The platform uses Sentinel-1 satellite radar interferometry (InSAR), GNSS networks, and absolute gravity measurements. All data is provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 open license.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bodemdalingskaart 1.0: Surface Motion Map version 1.0, providing ground motion data at 4x4 km resolution across the Netherlands using statistical analysis of billions of InSAR measurement points.
• Bodemdalingskaart 2.0

Products and services

• Bodemdalingskaart 1.0 (Surface Motion Map) A land-wide ground motion overview product that uses billions of InSAR measurement points aggregated into 4x4 km statistical grid cells to estimate vertical surface motion across the Netherlands, distinguishing deep and shallow subsidence mechanisms. Targeted at government agencies, water authorities, and infrastructure professionals needing national-scale deformation insight.
• Bodemdalingskaart 2.0 (Surface and Object Motion Map) An interactive viewer and dataset displaying motion velocity of 165+ million individual measurement points via a color map, starting at 300x300m average squares and zooming to individual measurement points on object level, with time-series displacement pop-ups per measurement point. Built on data from Sentinel-1a and Sentinel-1b satellites, serving civil engineering and infrastructure professionals with asset-level detail.

Quantifiable outcome

• Covers 165+ million measurement points across entire Netherlands
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Nederlands Centrum voor Geodesie en Geo-Informatica (NCG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNCG is the initiator and coordinator of the Dutch Ground Motion Service. They coordinate input from various partners and bridge academic developments with practical applications.
• TU DelftcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides scientific knowledge on geodetic observation and data processing techniques (InSAR, GNSS, Gravity, Levelling). Responsible for quality control, integrated adjustment, and validation of estimated parameters.
• SkyGeocoreTechnology or IntegrationResponsible for InSAR data processing, visualization portal, and website support. Translates complex SAR data into practical and reliable information for policy support and safe infrastructure management.
• Universiteit TwentecoreTechnology or IntegrationResearches the connection between ground motion data and Actueel Hoogtemodel Nederland (AHN) height data. Important for correct interpretation of measurements.
• Hogeschool UtrechtcoreTechnology or IntegrationInvolved in datum connection and quality description of deformation measurements. Develops methodology for integration of different techniques.
• KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)coreTechnology or IntegrationProvides weather models for atmospheric corrections that improve the quality of satellite radar data used in ground motion measurements.
• 06-GPScoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides GNSS data from their national network of 43 reference stations to the ground motion map. In 2018, 30 new stations were added in Groningen for ground motion research.
• ESA (European Space Agency)coreTechnology or IntegrationProvides Sentinel-1a and Sentinel-1b satellite radar data used for InSAR measurements. Satellites orbit Earth providing regular coverage of the Netherlands.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute): Provides the atmospheric weather models used to correct InSAR phase noise. Comparable as a critical enabling partner whose data product materially improves the accuracy of the platform's millimeter-level measurements.
• European Space Agency (ESA): Provider of the Sentinel-1 SAR mission that underpins Bodemdalingskaart's dataset. Included as an ecosystem participant because the platform's technical feasibility is contingent on ESA's free-and-open Copernicus data policy.
• TU Delft — Department of Geoscience & Remote Sensing: Core scientific partner providing InSAR/GNSS/gravity expertise and quality control for the platform. Comparable as an adjacent research institution whose methodologies and outputs inform the foundation's deformation modeling approach.

Emerging players

• Planet Labs: Commercial earth-observation satellite operator providing high-cadence imagery. Comparable as an emerging satellite-data provider whose data feeds ground and asset-change analytics similar to Bodemdalingskaart's InSAR-based motion products.
• ICEYE: Commercial SAR satellite operator offering persistent monitoring with high revisit. Comparable as an emerging SAR-native data source that competes with Sentinel-1 for downstream ground-motion analytics providers.
• Capella Space: Commercial SAR satellite operator focused on high-resolution, taskable imagery. Comparable as an alternative SAR data backbone for InSAR-derived subsidence and infrastructure-motion products.

Broad incumbents

• Fugro: Large Dutch geo-data company providing geotechnical, surveying, and asset-integrity services including ground-monitoring solutions. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering ground-motion and infrastructure-monitoring services at enterprise scale.

Direct peers

• TRE Altamira: Global leader in InSAR ground-motion monitoring for mining, oil & gas, and infrastructure. Comparable as a peer commercial InSAR service delivering nationwide and asset-level subsidence products using Sentinel-1 and other SAR constellations.
• SkyGeo: Dutch commercial InSAR analytics company that performs the data processing, visualization portal, and enterprise analysis for Bodemdalingskaart. Directly comparable as the commercial counterpart providing paid subsidence/InSAR services on the same underlying Sentinel-1 stack.

Regional players

• SatAgro: European provider of satellite-based agricultural and land-monitoring analytics. Comparable as a regional peer leveraging Sentinel data to deliver land-monitoring insights to professional users.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

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