VBORIS 2024: Zonal Soil Benchmarks for Mayen-Koblenz District

A 2024 reference dataset of zonal soil benchmarks for agricultural land in the Mayen-Koblenz district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was published by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and is accessible via a WMS service. The data provides descriptive features for soil benchmark plots as of January 1, 2024.

Use Cases

• Assess soil quality for agricultural planning based on zonal benchmark features.
• Model crop suitability and yield potential based on soil characteristics.
• Support regional land-use policy and conservation efforts based on standardized soil data.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific reference date of 01.01.2024, providing a temporal snapshot.
• Published by the authoritative Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.
• Focuses on a defined geographic area: the district of Mayen-Koblenz.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific district.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

Reference date 01.01.2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

District of Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany