VBORIS 2014: Zonal Soil Benchmarks for Agricultural Land in Birkenfeld District

Zonal soil benchmarks with descriptive features of soil benchmark plots in the district of Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The data was published by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and has a reference date of 01.01.2014. It is served via a Web Map Service (WMS) protocol.

Use Cases

• Map soil quality zones for agricultural planning based on described soil benchmark features.
• Analyze regional soil characteristics for environmental impact assessments based on zonal benchmark data.
• Model land suitability for specific crops based on the descriptive features of the soil benchmark plots.

Strengths

• Data has a specific reference date of 01.01.2014, providing a temporal anchor.
• Published by the authoritative Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy).
• Focuses on a defined administrative geography: the district of Birkenfeld in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified as the reference date is 2014.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

Reference date 01.01.2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

District of Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany