Soil Benchmark Plots for Ahrweiler District, 2008

Zonal soil benchmarks with descriptive features of soil benchmark plots in the district of Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate. The data has a reference date of 01.01.2008 and is provided by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie. It is available as a WMS service.

Use Cases

• Assess soil quality for agricultural planning based on benchmark plot features.
• Map soil characteristics for environmental studies based on zonal benchmarks.
• Monitor changes in soil conditions over time by comparing against the 2008 reference date.

Strengths

• Data is provided by a federal authority, Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.
• Reference date of 01.01.2008 provides a fixed temporal baseline.
• Geospatial format (WMS) allows for direct integration into mapping applications.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Geographic coverage excludes the city of Koblenz.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

Reference date 01.01.2008

Freshness

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

Geography

District of Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate (excluding Koblenz)