Soil Observatory: Municipal Aggregate Data for Southwest Lot-et-Garonne, 2013

Beta version soil data aggregated at the municipal level for the southwest quarter of the Lot-et-Garonne department in France for 2013. The dataset is provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) and was last updated on the platform in April 2021. It is available for direct download via WFS and WMS services.

Use Cases

• Map soil characteristics across municipalities based on the aggregated municipal-level data.
• Analyze regional land-use patterns in southwest Lot-et-Garonne using the geospatial soil data.
• Integrate soil observatory data into regional environmental models for the 2013 period.
• Assess the relevance of soil data for specific communes, as advised when vectorization rates are low.

Strengths

• Data is georeferenced to a specific geographic quadrant within a French department.
• Provides a snapshot of soil conditions for the year 2013.
• Sourced from a national geological and mining research bureau (BRGM).

Limitations

• Documentation is incomplete; column-level schema and sample data are unavailable.
• Last updated 2021-04-08; freshness should be verified.
• The description warns that low vectorization rates for some communes may affect data relevance.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Last updated 2021-04-08 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southwest quarter of the Lot-et-Garonne department, France.