Data
Soil type
GIS data
Soil.zip, vector data, polygon
Zip file containing a personal geodatabase
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Soil.zip, vector data, polygon
(ZIP archive)
33.18 MB Download file
Methodology
Soil - Background information from GISCO Database Manual
History of the development of the Soil Map of the EC
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Soil - Background information from GISCO Database Manual
(PDF document)
125.16 KB Download file
Additional information
Coordinate reference system
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Coordinate reference system
(Octet Stream)
406 Bytes Download file
Metadata
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Scale of the data set:
- 1:1000000
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Rights:
- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Methodology:
Due to a shift in the data visible from 1:1 000 000 the soil data should not be used in overlay analyses, but only for presentation purposes. Please visit this site for more information about Corine projects http://reports.eea.europa.eu/search_results?SearchTitle=CORINE
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Data sources
GISCO delivery 09-2000
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
Additional information
Newer versions of the European Soil Database (ESDB) exist; these newer versions include an improvement of the spatial accuracy of the data set as well as expansion of its coverage into Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. These data, along with derived products, can be downloaded from http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/data.html, hosted by the Land Resource Management Unit of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Further information can be obtained from marc.van-liedekerke@jrc.ec.europa.eu
Permalinks
- Permalink to this version
- 2EF00B10-EF2C-469D-A531-3B3A9CC3E1AD
- Permalink to latest version
- DAT-73-en
Geographic coverage
Temporal coverage
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/soil-type or scan the QR code.
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