Soil Observatory: Aggregated Municipal Data for Haute-Vienne, France (2014)

Aggregated soil data for the Haute-Vienne department in France for the year 2014. The dataset is a beta version from the Soil Observatory at the municipal level for the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM). It was last updated in the platform catalog on April 1, 2021.

Use Cases

• Analyze soil characteristics based on aggregated municipal-level data.
• Map soil properties for the Haute-Vienne department using the provided WMS/WFS services.
• Assess the relevance of soil data for communes with low vectorization rates as noted in the description.

Strengths

• Data is provided by a national geological and mining research organization (BRGM).
• Offers multiple access methods including direct download and OGC web services (WMS/WFS).
• Has a defined geographic scope covering the Haute-Vienne department (code 87).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2021-04-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Time Range

2014

Freshness

Last updated 2021-04-01 00:00:00

Geography

Department of Haute-Vienne (87), France