Digital Soil Mapping with Limited Data

Description

There has been considerable expansion in the use of digital soil mapping technologies and development of methodologies that improve digital soil mapping at all scales and levels of resolution. These developments have occurred in all parts of the world in the past few years and also in countries where it was previously absent. There is almost always a shortage of data in soil research and its applications and this may lead to unsupported statements, poor statistics, misrepresentations and ultimately bad resource management. In digital soil mapping, maximum use is made of sparse data and this book contains useful examples of how this can be done. This book focuses on digital soil mapping methodologies and applications for areas where data are limited, and has the following sections (i) introductory papers, (ii) dealing with limited spatial data infrastructures, (iii) methodology development, and (iv) examples of digital soil mapping in various parts of the globe (including USA, Brazil, UK, France, Czech Republic, Honduras, Kenya, Australia). The final chapter summarises priorities for digital soil mapping.
 

Edited by

Alfred Hartemink, ISRIC World Soil Information, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Alex McBratney, Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
M.L. Mendonça-Santos, Embrapa Solos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 

     Digital Soil Mapping - An Introductory Perspective

Description
The book compiles the main ideas and methodologies that have been proposed and tested within these last fifteen years in the field of Digital Soil Mapping (DSM). Begining with current experiences of soil information system developments in various regions of the world, this volume presents states of the art of different topics covered by DSM: Conception and handling of soil databases, sampling methods, new soil spatial covariates, Quantitative spatial modelling, Quality assessment and representation of DSM outputs. This book provides a solid support to students, researchers and engineers interested in modernising soil survey approaches with numerical techniques. It is also of great interest for potential soil data users.
 

Edited by

Philippe Lagacherie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire sur les Interactions Sol-Agrosysteme-Hydrosysteme, Montpellier, France
Alex McBratney, Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Marc Voltz, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire sur les Interactions Sol-Agrosysteme-Hydrosysteme, Montpellier, France
 

Included in Developments in Soil Science series