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The Soil Maps of Latin America & Caribbean Islands (EuDASM)
Entry ID: ISRIC_EuDASM_LatinAmerica

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Summary
Abstract: The Institute of Environment and Sustainability (JRC-IES) in the European Commission and ISRIC - World Soil Information initiated the European Digital Archive of Soil Maps (EuDASM) in 2004, realizing the urgency to conserve the information on existing soil maps at regional-, national and global scale (see: http://eusoils.jrc.it/esdb_archive/EuDASM/indexes/about.htm).

The 1000+ maps for Latin America and the Caribbean Islands in this EuDASM collection were scanned from ISRIC's World Data Centre for Soils holdings; maps are presented full scale, with thumbnail pictures and meta-data to permit user-friendly navigation.
Related URL
Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: View EuDASM project home page; provides information about EuDASM, publications and access to soil maps.

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: Provides links to the EuDASM collections/home page at the European Commission - JRC, European Soil Bureau, Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Italy.
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Caption:  EuDASM data for Latin America and the Caribbean islands
Description:  The maps from the ISRIC collection for Latin America and the Caribbean islands (> 1000) were scanned using a CONTEX Wide format colour scanner (FSC 6040 CHROMA). The scanned maps were stored at 150-200 dpi in JPEG compressed format. Further processing of the digital maps was carried out using Adobe Photoshop 7.0

 
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 30.0   S: -56.0   E: -30.0   W: -105.0
Min Altitude: 0 Max Altitude: 6000

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Selvarajdou S-K, Montanarella L, Spaargaren O and Dent D
Dataset Title: EuDASM - Soil maps of Latin America and the Caribbean Islands
Dataset Release Date: 20051001
Dataset Release Place: Luxembourg
Dataset Publisher: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Data Presentation Form: jpg-format
Other Citation Details: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Online Resource: http://eusoils.jrc.it/esdb_archive/EuDASM/latinamerica/index.htm
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1950-01-01
Stop Date: 2005-12-31
Location Keywords
CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA > SURINAME
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CENTRAL AMERICA > BELIZE
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Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
MAPS Ancillary Description
Instrument
DIGITIZER Ancillary Description
Project
Ancillary Keywords
Originating Center
NASA/GSFC/FED
Data Center
Forest Ecosystem Dynamics Project, Biospheric Sciences Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://forest.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: BRUCE COOK
Email: bruce.cook at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
Mailstop 614.4
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: WWW
Distribution Format: ARC/INFO EXPORT
Fees: Free
Personnel
DARREL L. WILLIAMS
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Email: Darrel.L.Williams at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
Mailstop 614.0
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Publications/References
See: http://fedwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/fedmac/refs.html

Levine, E., K.J. Ranson, J.A. Smith, D.L. Williams, R.G. Knox,
H.H. Shugart, D.L. Urban, and W.T. Lawrence. 1993. Forest
ecosystem dynamics: linking forest succession, soil process and
radiation models. Ecological Modelling 65: 199-219.
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-04-06

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