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Digital soil map of the World. The International Union of Soil Science (IUSS) - at its Seventh Congress, at Madison, Wisconsin, USA, in 1960 - recommended that soil maps of continents and large regions be published. As a follow-up FAO and Unesco decided in 1961 to prepare a Soil Map of the World at 1:5 000 000 scale.
The FAO Digital Soil Map of the World is the digitized version of the FAO-UNESCO Soil Map of the World produced in paper version at scale 1:5 million. It shows 4931 mapping units consisting of soil associations, which are mixtures of different soil types, classified according to the FAO-UNESCO Legend, which defines a total of 106 soil units on ...
The Harmonized World Soil Database is a 30 arc-second raster database with over 15 000 different soil mapping units that combines existing regional and national updates of soil information worldwide (SOTER, ESD, Soil Map of China, WISE) with the information contained within the 1:5 000 000 scale FAO-UNESCO Soil Map of the World (FAO, 1971-1981).
FAO Map Catalog. GeoNetwork opensource allows to easily share geographically referenced thematic information between different organizations. For more information please contact
The vector data set is based on the FAO-UNESCO Soil Map of the World. The Digitized Soil Map of the World, at 1:5.000.000 scale, is in the Geographic projection (Latitude - Longitude) intersected with a template containing water related features (coastlines, lakes, glaciers and double-lined rivers).
Feb 24, 2022 · Global Soil Organic Carbon Map v1.5 (GSOC) GSOCmap is the first global soil organic carbon map ever produced through a consultative and participatory process involving member countries, which makes this map totally new and unique.
This database provides comprehensive information on the composition of soil units in nearly 30,000 soil mapping units. The HWSD v2.0 Viewer, included with the database, automatically establishes this link, allowing easy access to both the soil attribute data and mapping information.
Soil legacy maps. 1228 soil and land legacy maps are available. FAO has made an effort to make Soil Legacy data and information available for their users. Learn More
knowledge of the soils of the world, FAO and Unesco agreed in 1961 to prepare jointly a Soil Map of the World in association with the Internationa/ Society of Soil Science. This map was planned to be at a scale of 1 : 5 000 000 and based on the compilation of available soil survey material and on field corre-lation.
It is the first attempt to prepare, on the basis of international cooperation, a soil map covering all the continents of the world in a uniform legend, thus enabling the correlation of soii units and the comparison of soils on a global scale.
