BORIS RLP Premiumdienst 2008: Zonal Soil Benchmarks for Germersheim District

Zonal soil benchmarks with descriptive features for soil benchmark plots in the district of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate. The data was compiled by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and has a reference date of January 1, 2008. It is served via a Web Map Service (WMS) format.

Use Cases

• Map soil benchmark zones based on descriptive plot features mentioned in the description
• Analyze regional soil properties for agricultural suitability assessments
• Support environmental planning and land-use studies using geospatial soil data

Strengths

• Data has a specific reference date of 01.01.2008, providing a temporal anchor.
• Spatial coverage is clearly defined for the district of Germersheim in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

Reference date 2008-01-01

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-23 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

District of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany