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Soil and Terrain Database for Central and Eastern Europe (version 1.1) - scale 1:2.5 million (SOVEUR)
Entry ID: ISRIC_SOVEUR_primary_ver1

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Summary

Abstract: The Soil and Terrain Database(SOTER)was part of the Soil Degradation and Vulnerability Assessment for Central and Eastern Europe(SOVEUR project)and was implemented within the framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)of the United Nations and the Netherlands Government Cooperative Programme.

The project was technically coordinated by ISRIC- World Soil Information and assisted by the Land and Water Development Division (AGL) of FAO. The SOVEUR project has been carried out in close collaboration with specialists from soil survey institutes in Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovak Republic and the Ukraine, who collated the various national soil data using uniform guidelines.

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: View project homepage: download documentation and (zipped) dataset.

Geographic Coverage

N: 70.0 S: 41.188866 E: 66.11553 W: 12.096195

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Niels Batjes, Vincent van Engelen, Koos Dijkshoorn
Dataset Title: Soil and Terrain Database for Central and Eastern Europe (version1.1)
Dataset Series Name: SOVEUR (version1.1)
Dataset Release Date: 2006
Dataset Release Place: Wageningen
Dataset Publisher: ISRIC-World Soil information
Version: 1.1
Data Presentation Form: ArcInfo
Online Resource: http://www.isric.nl/isric/CheckRegistration.aspx?dataset=39

Data Resolution

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT
GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Quality

Background information is given in:

Batjes NH 2000. SOTER summary file for Central and Eastern Europe (ver. 1.0).Report 2000/06, ISRIC, Wageningen.

Access Constraints

ISRIC kindly requests that you send us two reprints of any publication that uses data received from ISRIC World Soil Information. This will help us to determine the type and level of use of the data we distribute.

Use Constraints

Materials developed by ISRIC are copyrighted, all rights reserved. Reproduction and dissemination of such materials for educational or non-commercial purposes are authorized without any prior written permission from the copyright holders provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of materials for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without prior written permission of the copyright holders. Applications for such permission should be addressed to: Director, ISRIC - World Soil Information, PO Box 353, 6700 AJ Wageningen, the Netherlands or by e-mail to soil.isric@wur.org.

ISRIC requests you to acknowledge use of our data; this will allow us to gauge the interest and usefulness of our services. Please refer to the dataset documentation for suggested form of acknowledgement and correct citation.

Keywords

measured soil data

primary soil data

Data Center

World Data Center for Soils, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen [Information]
Data Center URL: http://www.isric.org
Dataset ID: ISRIC_SOVEUR_primary_ver1.1

Data Center Personnel

Name: NIELS H. BATJES
Phone: +31-317-471700
Email: niels.batjes at wur.nl
Contact Address:
ISRIC - World Soil Information (World Data Center for Soils)
P.O. Box 353
City: Wageningen
Postal Code: 6700 AJ
Country: The Netherlands

Distribution

Distribution_Media: Internet (downloadable)
Distribution_Size: 14 Mb (zipped)
Fees: n/a

Personnel

NIELS H. BATJES
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: +31-317-471700
Email: niels.batjes at wur.nl
Contact Address:
ISRIC - World Soil Information (World Data Center for Soils)
P.O. Box 353
City: Wageningen
Postal Code: 6700 AJ
Country: The Netherlands

VINCENT VAN ENGELEN
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: + 31 317 471736
Fax: + 31 317 471700
Email: vincent.vanengelen at wur.nl
Contact Address:
ISRIC World Soil Information
P.O. Box 353
City: Wageningen
Postal Code: 6700 AJ
Country: NETHERLANDS

KOOS (JA) DIJKSHOORN
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +31317483710
Email: koos.dijkshoorn at wur.nl
Contact Address:
POBox 353
City: Wageningen
Postal Code: 6700AJ
Country: Netherlands

Publications/References

Batjes NH 2000. SOTER summary file for Central and Eastern Europe (ver. 1.0).Report 2000/06, ISRIC, Wageningen.
http://www.isric.org/isric/webdocs/Docs/SOVEUR_Rep2000_06.PDF

Van Lynden GWJ 2000. Soil degradation in Central and Eastern Europe: The assessment of the status of human-induced degradation (ver. 1.0).Report 2000/05, ISRIC, Wageningen.
http://www.isric.org/isric/webdocs/Docs/SOVEUR_Rep2000_05.PDF

Batjes (ed), 2000. Soil Degradation and Vulnerability Assessment for Central and Eastern Europe Preliminary Results of the SOVEUR Project. Report of concluding workshop (Busteni, 26-31 October 1999). Report 2000/04, ISRIC, Wageningen.
http://www.isric.org/ISRIC/WebDocs/Docs/SOVEUR_Proc99.PDF

Batjes NH 2000. Soil vulnerability to diffuse pollution in Central and Eastern Europe (ver. 1.0).Report 2000/03, ISRIC, Wageningen.
http://www.isric.org/isric/webdocs/Docs/SOVEUR_Rep2000_03.PDF

Batjes NH 2000. Soil data derived from SOTER for environmental studies in Central and Eastern Europe (ver. 1.0).Report 2000/02a, ISRIC, Wageningen.
http://www.isric.org/isric/webdocs/Docs/SOVEUR_Rep2000_02a.PDF

FAO and ISRIC 2000. Soil and Terrain Database, Land Degradation Status and Soil Vulnerability Assessment for Central and Eastern Europe (version 1.0)
FAO Land and Water Digital Media Series 10 (CD-ROM).
http://www.fao.org/icatalog/search/dett.asp?aries_id=101526

Batjes NH and Van Engelen VWP 1997. Guidelines for the compilation of a 1:2,500,000 SOTER database.Report 97/06, ISRIC, Wageningen.
http://www.isric.org/isric/webdocs/Docs/SOVEUR_Rep97_06.pdf

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-09-17

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-08-30

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