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Dominant Soils

 ISO19115/19139 XML

Identification info
Title  Dominant Soils
Date  2007-02-16
Date type  Publication: Date identifies when the resource was issued
Edition  3.6
Presentation form  Digital map: Map represented in raster or vector form
Abstract  The raster dataset of the FAO/UNESCO Digital Soil Map of the World (DSMW) has a spatial resolution of 5 * 5 arc minutes and is in geographic projection.
Purpose 

This database will be used mainly for poverty and food insecurity mapping, particularly for analysing where the people live at global scales in relation to:

- Agroecological zones

- Marginal or productive lands

- Major foodcrop production systems, in particular those important to food security for the rural poor.

Status  Completed: Production of the data has been completed
Point of contact
Individual name  Freddy Nachtergaele
Organisation name  FAO - UN
Position name  Senior Officer
Role  Point of contact: Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource
Delivery point  Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
City  Rome
Postal code  00153
Country  Italy
Electronic mail address  freddy_nachtergaele@hotmail.it
Maintenance and update frequency  As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
Descriptive keywords  Dominant Soils , Soil , Terrastat , DSMW , Digital Soil Map of the World (theme).
Descriptive keywords  World (place).
Access constraints  Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor
Spatial representation type  Grid: Grid data is used to represent geographic data
Language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Topic category code  Geoscientific information
Extent
Geographic bounding box
North bound
West bound
Polygon((-180 -90,180 -90,180 90,-180 90,-180 -90))
 East bound
South bound
Supplemental Information 

The FAO/Unesco Legend for the Soil Map of the World (1974) is used as an international correlation system to indicate the dominant soil unit in each cell.

The dataset is available for download (below) in both ASCII and ESRI GRID formats. A layer (.lyr) and legend (.avl) file are provided in the downloads. The raster legend included in the zip file shows the units found on the map. There is also included a .txt and .xls (Microsoft Excel) file which give color and descriptive information relating to the coding systems used in the Dominant Soils map.

Distribution Information
Download Summary
Transfer options
OnLine resource  Land and Water Digital Media Series (20)
OnLine resource  Key to the FAO Soil Units in the FAO/Unesco Soil Map of the World
OnLine resource  WRB Map of World Soil Resources
Data for download  Dominant Soils - ESRI GRID dataset
Data for download  Dominant Soils - ASCII GRID dataset
Interactive Map  Dominant Soils
(OGC-WMS Server: http://data.fao.org/maps/wms?styles=geonetwork_dom_soil_30587_style )
View in Google Earth  Dominant Soils   View in Google Earth
Spatial representation info
Number of dimensions 

3

Dimension name  Row: Ordinate (y) axis
Dimension size 

2160

Resolution
Units of measure  ,
Dimension name  Column: Abscissa (x) axis
Dimension size 

4320

Resolution
Units of measure  ,
Dimension name  Vertical: Vertical (z) axis
Resolution
Units of measure  ,
Cell geometry  Area: Each cell represents an area
Transformation parameter availability 

false

Reference System Information
Code  WGS 1984 - Geographic
Data quality info
Hierarchy level  Dataset: Information applies to the dataset
Metadata
File identifier  f7ccd330-bdce-11db-a0f6-000d939bc5d8
Metadata language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Date stamp  2012-02-22T13:22:27
Metadata standard name  ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version  1.0
Contact
Individual name  Emelie Healy
Organisation name  FAO - UN
Role  Author: Party who authored the resource