Prepare a basemap

4. Download vector and raster layers

Until now, we've only viewed online layers. This is nice for quick visualizations. For analysis, however, we need local data.

For the Netherlands a lot of data is freely available through the PDOK Services plugin. In the next sections, we'll install the plugin and download the following layers:

• Municipality boundary
• Digital Surface Model
• Digital Terrain Model

In addition, we'll download building footprints from OpenStreetMap.