VBORIS 2018: Zonal Soil Benchmarks for the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Frankenthal, and Speyer

Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, specifically the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district and the cities of Frankenthal and Speyer, is covered by this dataset of zonal soil benchmarks. It provides descriptive features of soil benchmark plots, with a cut-off date of January 1, 2018. The data is provided by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy) and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map soil quality and characteristics for agricultural planning based on zonal soil benchmarks.
• Conduct regional environmental impact assessments based on descriptive soil plot features.
• Support land-use policy and zoning decisions based on standardized soil data for the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.
• The dataset has a specific geographic scope covering the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Frankenthal, and Speyer.
• A clear temporal reference point is provided with a cut-off date of 01.01.2018.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The data is provided only in the WMS (Web Map Service) format, which may require specific GIS tools for access and analysis.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

Cut-off date 01.01.2018

Freshness

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

Geography

Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Frankenthal (Palatinate), and Speyer in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany