Soil Observatory: Municipal Aggregate Data for South-East Dordogne, 2013

Aggregate soil data for municipalities in the south-eastern quarter of the Dordogne department in France for the year 2013. The dataset is a beta version produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) and was last updated in the catalogue on April 6, 2021. It is available via download service (Atom) and OGC web services (WMS/WFS) with specific usage warnings.

Use Cases

• Map soil property distributions based on municipal-level aggregate data.
• Analyze regional land characteristics for the 2013 reference year mentioned in the description.
• Integrate soil data into a GIS for the defined south-eastern Dordogne study area.

Strengths

• Data is provided by a national geological survey organization (BRGM).
• Specific geographic boundaries for the study area are explicitly defined in the description.
• Available through multiple access methods including direct download and OGC web services.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2021-04-06 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• The description warns of potential low vectorization rates for some communes, which may affect data relevance.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES (BRGM)

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Last updated 2021-04-06 00:00:00

Geography

South-eastern quarter of the Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France