VBORIS 2024: Zonal Soil Benchmark Data for Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, is covered by this dataset of zonal soil benchmarks. It contains descriptive features of soil benchmark plots, with a reference date of 01.01.2024. The data is provided by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil suitability for agriculture based on zonal benchmark features.
• Regional land-use planning based on descriptive soil plot characteristics.
• Environmental impact assessments using standardized soil reference data.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific reference date of 01.01.2024.
• Spatial coverage is explicitly defined for the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district.
• Data originates from the authoritative Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single German 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

Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany