VBORIS 2014: Zonal Soil Benchmark Plots for Trier-Saarburg District

Zonal soil benchmarks with descriptive features for agricultural plots in the German district of Trier-Saarburg, as of January 1, 2014. The dataset is provided by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and is accessible via a WMS service. Its last update is recorded as March 26, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map soil quality zones for precision agriculture based on described soil benchmark features.
• Analyze land suitability for specific crops based on zonal soil characteristics.
• Monitor and model long-term soil changes by comparing with other temporal snapshots.
• Support regional agricultural policy and planning with georeferenced soil data.

Strengths

• Data is geospatially referenced and served via a standardized WMS protocol.
• Provides a specific temporal snapshot with a cut-off date of 01.01.2014.
• Originates from a national authoritative source, the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last metadata update is far in the future (2026).

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

Snapshot as of 01.01.2014

Freshness

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

Geography

District of Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany