Soil Performance Assessment for Natural and Archival Functions in Germany, 2010

Soil Performance 2010 from the Environmental Atlas presents a geospatial evaluation of soil functionality across Germany. The dataset, created by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, maps the performance of soils in fulfilling their natural and archival roles at a detailed block-level scale of 1:5,000. It provides a snapshot of soil health and utility as of the year 2010.

Use Cases

• Model soil carbon sequestration potential based on the archival function assessment.
• Plan sustainable land management based on the natural soil function performance.
• Conduct regional environmental impact assessments using the block-level geospatial data.
• Analyze correlations between soil performance and other land characteristics.

Strengths

• Provides a detailed block-level assessment at a scale of 1:5,000.
• Focuses on two distinct soil functions: natural and archival.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

2010

Freshness

Data is from 2010; update frequency is unknown.

Geography

Germany (implied from source organization)