Soil Observatory Data for Northeastern Gironde Municipalities, 2013

Soil Observatory data for municipalities in the northeastern quarter of the Gironde department in France for 2013. The dataset is provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) and was last updated in April 2021. It is available via WMS and WFS services, with a specific CSV file recommended for use.

Use Cases

• Analyze soil characteristics across municipalities based on the municipal-level aggregation.
• Map soil data for the northeastern Gironde region using the provided WMS/WFS services.
• Validate soil data relevance for communes with low vectorization rates as noted in the description.
• Integrate soil observatory data into GIS systems for regional environmental planning.

Strengths

• Data is provided by a national geological and mining research bureau (BRGM).
• The geographical coverage is precisely defined as the northeastern quarter of the Gironde department.
• The dataset was last updated on 2021-04-06, indicating some maintenance.

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.
• The data is a beta version from 2013, which may indicate incomplete or provisional status.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Last updated 2021-04-06 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northeastern quarter of the Gironde department, France.