SOIL GEOGRAPHICAL DATA BASE OF EURASIA AND MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES AT 1 : 1,000,000 JAMAGNE M., DAROUSSIN J., EIMBERCK M., JONES R.J.A., KING D., LAMBERT J.J., LE BAS C., MADSEN H., MONTANARELLA L. (COORD.), with the whole Staff of the European Soil Bureau - EU - Joint Research Centre, ISPRA (Va), Italy and INRA - Orleans, Olivet, France (General co-ordination : C. LE BAS).
17 th World Congress of Soil Science Bangkok, Thailand, 14 - 21 August 2002
Context
T
his programme was developed in the framework of the European Soil Information System (EUSIS) managed by the European Soil Bureau of the European Union. The Geographical Data Base, coming originally from the Soil Map of the European Communities published in 1985, was progressively improved and extended spatially, with the help of contributing countries. The data sets are managed within a Geographical Information System, including a related soil analytical database. Its last extension concerns Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries. We present here its present state of progress. To help countries in giving data to that programme, the general organisation of the database is explained in an "Instructions Guide for the elaboration of the Soil Geographical Database of Eurasia and Mediterranean countries at 1:1 M", recently published by the European Soil Bureau.
Main contributors to the Soil Geographical Data Base
Dominant Soil name (WRB)
Scientific Committee of the European Soil Bureau Dr. Jaume Boixadera Dr. Dominique King Dr. Arnold Bregt Christine Le Bas Joël Daroussin Prof. Dr. Henrik B. Madsen Prof. René Dudal Prof. Donatello Magaldi Dr. Wolf Eckelmann Dr. Freddy Nachtergaele Dr. Peter Finke Prof. Arthur J. Thomasson Dr. Reinhard Hartwich Prof. Eric Van Ranst Dr. Juan José Ibáñez-Martí Prof. György Várallyay Dr. Marcel Jamagne Dr. Henk Wösten Dr. Robert J.A. Jones Prof. Nicholas Yassoglou Scientific contributors to the compilation of the Soil Map of the European Communities 1:1,000,000 (CEC, 1985) and the Soil Geographical Data Base of the European Communities 1:1,000,000 (version 1, 1986) Belgium J. Ameryckx, A. Louis, R. Maréchal, R. Tavernier Denmark K. Rasmussen France J. Dupuis, M. Jamagne, A. Mori, E. Servat Germany E. Mückenhausen Greece A. Koutalos, N. Yassoglou Irish Republic M. Gardiner, J. Lee Italy F. Mancini, R. Salandin Luxembourg A. Puraye, J. Wagener The Netherlands H. De Bakker, J. Pons, J. Schelling, R. Van der Schans Portugal J. Carvalho Cardoso Spain A. Guerra, F. Monturiol United Kingdom B. Avery, R. Glentworth, R. Grant, D.B.S Fitch FAO R. Dudal CEC A. Cole, J. Gillot, A. Prendergast Advisors K. Beek, G. Smith, C. Sys, S. Lunt Explanatory Bulletin R. Dudal, J. Lee, A. Louis, A. Noirfalise, R. Tavernier, A. Van Wambeke, W. Verheye, R. Vermeire Computerisation H.B. Madsen, A.M. Norr, S.W. Platou Scientific contributors to the compilation of the Soil Geographical Data Base of Eurasia and Mediterranean countries at Scale 1:1,000,000 (version 4.0, 2002) Albania P. Zdruli, K. Cara, S. Lushaj Algeria K. Djili Austria O. Nestroy Belgium, Luxembourg E. Van Ranst, L. Vanmechelen, R. Vermeire Bulgaria I. Kolchakov, B. Georgiev, S. Russeva, D. Stoichev Cyprus C. Hadjiparaskevas Czech Republic J. Nemecek, J. Kozak Denmark H.B. Madsen, M. Olsson, T. Balstrøm Egypt F. Abdel-Kader, S. Abdel-Rahman, M. Bahnassy, A. El-Nahry Estonia L. Reintam, I. Rooma Finland J. Sippola France M. Berland, M. Jamagne, D. King Germany W. Eckelmann, R. Hartwich Greece N. Yassoglou Hungary G. Várallyay, E. Michéli Irish Republic S. Diamond Italy D. Magaldi, U. Galligani, U. Wolf Latvia A. Karklins Lebanon T. Darwich Lithuania J. Jasinskas, V. Buivydaite The Netherlands A. Bregt, P. Finke Morocco M. Badraoui Norway A. Nyborg Palestine B. Dudeen Poland S. Bialousz Portugal M. Bessa, L. Reis Romania C. Rauta, I. Munteanu, F. Nicolae, M. Parichi, M. Zota Russia and NIS I. Savin, V. Stolbovoï Slovakia J. Hrasko, V. Linkes Slovenia B. Vrscaj, T. Prus Spain J. Boixadera, J.J. Ibáñez-Martí Sweden M. Olsson Switzerland L.F. Bonnard Tunisia A. Mtimet Turkey D. Murat Ozden, S. Keskin, U. Dinç, S. Kapur, E. Akça, S. Senol, O. Dinç United Kingdom R.J.A. Jones, J. Hollis, A. Thomasson, J. Bell General data base co-ordination and map publishing INRA J. Daroussin, M. Jamagne, D. King, C. Le Bas, V. Souchère, J.J. Lambert, M. Eimberck JRC A. Burrill, J. Meyer-Roux, L. Montanarella, P. Vossen, R.J.A. Jones, A. Jones, M. Grimm, J. Hollis
State of progress of the Soil Geographical Data Base of Eurasia and Mediterranean countries
Organisation of information in the Soil Geographical Data Base SMU 1 - geometrically defined by 2 polygon - composed of STU 10 and 11 SMU 2 - geometrically defined by 1 polygon - composed of STU 12 11 10
SLOPE-DOM
SLOPE-SEC
ZMIN
ZMAX
CM CMeu
CM
CMe CMeu
2
1
300
1000
10
LP
LPrz
LP
LPk
2
2
300
1000
10
LV
LVcr
LV
LVx
1
1
300
1000
USE-SEC
AGLIM1
AGLIM2
TEXT-SRF-DOM
TEXT-SRF-SEC
TEXT-SUB-DOM
TEXT-SUB-SEC
TEXT-DEP-CHG
ROO
IL
0
2
2
3
3
0
0
5
1
1
2111
2122
8
0
1
1
3
3
4
4
2
1
1
2111
2122
8
0
3
2
2
2
0
0
5
3
1
2111
2122
8
0
1
1
3
3
0
0
5
1
1
CFL
USE-DOM 8
W2
PAR-MAT-SEC 2122
W1
2111
WR
PAR-MAT- DOM
STU 331009
NSTU
331008
1
2
0
L
1
2
0
L
1
2
0
L
1
2
0
L
3
14
3 14
10 3 13
SMU 4 - geometrically defined by 1 polygon - composed of STU 10 (which also is part of SMU 1)
1:5,000,000
Soil Geographical Data Base 1:1,000,000
Geo-referenced Soil Database 1:250,000
Catchment Information System 1:50,000
Local Soil Information System 1:5,000
PEDOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE
4
World-wide SOTER Data Base
Geometric dataset
FAO90-UNI
1000
12
2
10
14
Semantic dataset
FAO90-MG
300
20
331006
FAO90-SUB
WRB-SPE
1
331007
4
WRB-ADJ
1
WRB-GRP
CLh
PC SMU
CL
CL
SMU
CY
CLha CLham
60
330297
11
SMU 3 - geometrically defined by 3 polygon - composed of STU 13 and 14
10
13
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Scheme of nested soil databases from world-wide, national, regional to local programmes
Description and characterisation of Soil Typological Units (STU) and Soil Mapping Units (SMU)
1
1
3
1
3 2
Polygon Attribute Table
4
...AREA... 1, 1
3
1
SMU 1 2 3 4 3 1 3
GEOGRAPHICAL DATABASE
1, n
SMU Attributes SMU 1 2 3 4
......
n, n
STU.ORG
n, 1
STU Attributes
SMU
STU
% AREA
STU
1 1 2 3 3 4
11 10 12 14 13 10
70 30 100 65 35 100
10 11 12 13 14
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On-going activities - Conclusion
Design: Sacha.Desbourdes@orleans.inra.fr
T
hematic uses are in development based on a set of pedotransfer rules and concern erosion risk assessment, heavy metals contamination, organic carbon content, environmental constraints to crop production, environmental protection. Co-ordination and harmonisation with different world programmes of soil survey from international organisations are foreseen. For example, a 1:5 M SOTER data base for Europe is in preparation. The aim of the European Soil Bureau is now to obtain progressively a nested Soil Information System going from the world-wide programmes to more detailed regional and local ones. This 1:1 M Soil Geographical Data Base appears to be the only harmonized soil data base at continental scale. It should help improving the management of soil resources and promoting sustainability in that part of the world. E U R OPE A N COM M IS S ION
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