Abstract:
The National Soil Resources Institute incorporates the former Soil Survey and Land Research Centre and as a result maintains all the published and unpublished paper soil reports and maps for England and Wales and a large body of digital soil information.
The digital information comprises the following principle data sets.
-Vector and gridded vector versions of the 1:250,000 scale National Soil Map (NATMAP) including the simplified Soilscapes version,
-The National Soil Inventory of data on soils and topsoil chemistry,
-Representative values or a range of properties and derived functional values for soil series,
-Soil profile descriptions, a proportion of which have accompanying analytical data.
All these data sets are held in the LandIS relational database that is maintained by NSRI staff.
[Summary provided by Cranfield University.]
Related URL
Link:
GET DATA
Description:
NATMAP soil data products.
Link:
GET DATA
Description:
National Soil Inventory (NSI) data products.
Link:
GET DATA
Description:
SOILSERIES data products.
Dataset Originator/Creator:
Cranfield Univerity
Dataset Title:
Digital Soil Information for England and Wales
Dataset Publisher:
Cranfield Univerity
Data Presentation Form:
Vector Digital Data
Online Resource:
http://www.silsoe.cranfield.ac.uk/nsri/services/landis.htm
Arrangements for access to soil data are governed by an agreement between NSRI and Defra acting on behalf of the Crown. Under the LandIS Agreement:
-Data are only ever licensed (i.e. not sold) for use over a specified period,
-Departments of the Crown and their contractors are entitled to royalty-free data for specified applications, and therefore only pay an administrative fee to cover the cost of extraction and administration,
-Bona fide researchers are entitled to data on a similar basis,
-NSRI is entitled to charge all other individuals and groups, including the Executive Agencies, an additional royalty fee to reflect the value of the information. Royalty fees are calculated using a set of standardised charging formulae that apply progressive discounts on base rates for larger volumes of data.
Data are normally supplied on CD in an agreed format.
Name:
NATIONAL SOIL RESOURCES INSTITUTE Phone:
+44-0-1525-863000
Fax:
+44 (0)1525 863001
Email:
nsri at cranfield.ac.uk
Contact Address:
Cranfield University
Silsoe City:
Bedfordshire
Postal Code:
MK45 4DT
Country:
UK
Personnel
TYLER
B.
STEVENS Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
(301) 614-6898
Fax:
301-614-5268
Email:
Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
NSRI DATA Role:
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone:
44-0-1525 863257
Email:
nsridata at cranfield.ac.uk
Contact Address:
Cranfield University
Silsoe City:
Bedfordshire
Postal Code:
MK45 4DT
Country:
USA
