The Soil Map of the European Communities contains nearly 350 soil classes digitized by June 1986 from an original map at a scale of 1:1,000,000. Birkbeck College of the University of London integrated automatically scanned soil boundaries and manually digitized coastlines and rivers for the CORINE Project. The modifications are thought to represent significant improvements in geographic fidelity.
Use Cases
- Model soil erosion risk based on soil class distribution across Europe.
- Analyze correlations between soil types and agricultural land use.
- Create regional environmental baselines for the CORINE Project based on integrated soil boundaries.
Strengths
- Nearly 350 distinct soil classes for detailed classification.
- Digitized from a 1:1,000,000 scale map, suggesting regional coverage.
- Integrated and corrected boundaries for improved geographic fidelity.
Limitations
- Last updated 1985-12-31 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- CEOS_EXTRA
- Collection Method
- Digitized from an original map, with boundaries integrated by Birkbeck College.
- Time Range
- Digitized by June 1986.
- Geography
- European Communities.