BORIS 2012: Zonal Soil Guide Values for Kaiserslautern District

Rhineland-Palatinate soil guide values with descriptive features for the district of Kaiserslautern, Germany. The dataset was published by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and has a reference date of 01.01.2012. It is available as a Web Map Service (WMS).

Use Cases

• Assess soil contamination risks based on zonal guide values.
• Model land suitability for construction or agriculture based on soil characteristics.
• Create thematic maps for environmental reporting using the WMS service.

Strengths

• Reference date of 01.01.2012 provides a specific temporal snapshot.
• Geographic scope is clearly defined as the district of Kaiserslautern.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-03-25 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

Reference date 01.01.2012

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 00:00:00.

Geography

District of Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany