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Overarching Task: Cross-Cutting Products and ServicesSub-task Number: US-09-03cSub-task Title: Global Soil Data
Definition:
Supporting the development a Global Soil Map building upon the work of ongoing and completed projects
Incorporating data from global, regional and national soil data projects into a coherent system using a common dictionary
Global Soil Data
The sub-task will be based on the outcome of various ongoing projects that collect/compile global soil data:
• e-SOTER• GlobalSoilMap.net
These projects use existing information and create new datasets:
• area soil class information ('traditional' soil maps) • continuous soil property surfaces (digital soil mapping products)
Global Soil Data
Existing soil datasets:
• Harmonized World Soil Database• Generalized Soil Map of the USA• Soil Landscapes of Canada• European Soil Database• Australian Soil Resources Information System• Various SOTER databases
Global Soil Data
Global Soil Data
Planned global soil datasets (from 2010 onwards):
• area soil class information (traditional soil map) with latest information at a resolution of 1 x 1 km
• continuous soil property surfaces (digital soil mapping products) with an increasing resolution starting from 10 x 10 km and going towards 90 x 90 m
The GEO Executive Committee recently proposed the GEO 2010 Baseline Initiative to include Soils as a data set.
Global Soil Data
Are the Global Soil Dataset components being developed relevant to the implementation of the GEOSS?
Will data/observations/information/products be registered into GEOSS?
Global Soil Data