VBORIS 2018: Zonal Soil Benchmarks for Southern Wine Route and Landau, Germany

Zonal soil benchmarks with descriptive features for agricultural plots in the Südliche Weinstraße district and Landau in der Pfalz, Germany. The dataset was published by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and has a reference date of January 1, 2018. It is served via a WMS (Web Map Service) format, indicating it is designed for geospatial visualization and analysis.

Use Cases

• Map soil property zones for precision agriculture based on the described benchmark plots.
• Analyze land suitability for specific crops based on the zonal soil benchmarks.
• Conduct regional environmental studies using the georeferenced soil data.
• Support agricultural policy planning with standardized soil reference data.

Strengths

• Data has a specific reference date of 01.01.2018, providing a clear temporal snapshot.
• Spatial coverage is precisely defined for the Südliche Weinstraße district and Landau in der Pfalz.
• Published by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, a German federal authority.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

Reference date 01.01.2018

Freshness

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

Geography

Südliche Weinstraße district and Landau in der Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany