VBORIS 2022: Zonal Soil Benchmarks for Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate

Zonal soil benchmarks with descriptive features of soil benchmark plots, with a cut-off date of 01.01.2022. The data is provided by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and covers the district of Cochem-Zell in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The dataset was last updated in the platform on March 23, 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess soil quality for agricultural planning based on zonal benchmark features.
• Model land suitability for specific crops based on described soil plot characteristics.
• Monitor regional soil conditions over time using the 2022 benchmark snapshot.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the official German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy.
• Specific geographic coverage for the district of Cochem-Zell is stated.
• A precise cut-off date of January 1, 2022, is provided for the data snapshot.

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.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its single-region focus.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

Cut-off date 01.01.2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-23 00:00:00; freshness should be verified

Geography

District of Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany