WMS - Soil Compaction Sensitivity Maps for Germany, 1993-2013

Five geospatial map series assess soil compaction sensitivity across Germany. Data integrates a 1:50,000 scale soil map with a 20-year monthly climate water balance series from 1993 to 2013. The Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie published this collection, last updated in December 2020.

Use Cases

• Model agricultural machinery traffic risk based on soil wetting characteristics and moisture frequency.
• Assess land-use planning constraints based on topsoil and subsoil compaction sensitivity characteristics.
• Identify areas with potentially lower compaction sensitivity for conservation tillage practices.
• Analyze spatial patterns of soil vulnerability using the synthesis map of compaction sensitivity.

Strengths

• Integrates two detailed data sources: a 1:50,000 scale soil map and a 20-year climate series.
• Provides five distinct map layers analyzing different aspects of compaction sensitivity.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2020-12-03 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Derived from the BK50 soil map and monthly climate water balance (KWB) data series.

Time Range

1993 to 2013

Freshness

2020-12-03

Geography

Germany (inferred from source organization and scale)