Soil and Terrain database of Central Africa , (DR of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda) (ver. 1.0)

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Vincent van Engelen, Ann Verdoodt, Koos Dijkshoorn, Eric Van Ramst

Publication_Date: 2006

Title: Soil and Terrain database of Central Africa , (DR of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda) (ver. 1.0)

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: ArcInfo export format and MS Access database

Series_Information:

Series_Name: SOTERCAF (version 1.0)

Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Wageningen, Netherlands

Publisher: ISRIC - World Soil Information

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://www.isric.nl/isric/CheckRegistration.aspx?dataset=38

Description:

Abstract:

The Soil and Terrrain database of Central Africa (SOTERCAF, version 1.0) was compiled at scale 1:2 million for the Democratic Republic of Congo and at scale 1:1 million for Rwanda and Burundi. The SOTERCAF compilation has been a joint collaboration of the Soil Science Laboratory of the University of Ghent, Belgium and ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen under contract with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. Further assistance is provided by the Department BIOT of the Hogeschool Gent, the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren) and data holders in the Democratic Republic Congo, Burundi and Rwanda. The project started in September 2005 by deriving physiographic units from SRTM grid data based on SOTER landform definitions. The database was completed in July 2006 after combining the physiographic layer with the lithology and soils layer. The border harmonization with the SOTERSAF database was finalized November 2006. SOTERCAF forms a part of the ongoing activities of ISRIC, FAO and UNEP to update the world's baseline information on natural resources.The project involved collaboration with national soil institutes from the countries in the region as well as individual experts.

Purpose:

Not Available

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: van Engelen VWP, Verdoodt A, Dijkshoorn JA and Van Ranst E 2006. Soil and Terrain Database of Central Africa (DR of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda). Report 2006/07, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen. http://www.isric.org/Webdocs/Docs/ISRIC_Report_2006_07.pdf

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: van Engelen VWP and Wen TT 1995. Global and national Soil and Terrain Digital Database (SOTER) Procedures Manual. ISRIC-World Soil Information. http://www.isric.org/isric/webdocs/Docs/SOTER_Procedures_Manual_1995.pdf

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 12.206631

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.305758

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 5.386098

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -13.455676

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CALCIUM

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CARBON

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > MAGNESIUM

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > NITROGEN

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > PERMAFROST

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > PHOSPHORUS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > POTASSIUM

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL SALINITY/SOIL SODICITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL ABSORPTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL BULK DENSITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL CLASSIFICATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL COLOR

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL DEPTH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL FERTILITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL PH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL STRUCTURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL TEXTURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL WATER HOLDING CAPACITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > CALCIUM

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > CARBON

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > MAGNESIUM

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > NITROGEN

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > ORGANIC MATTER

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > PHOSPHORUS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > POTASSIUM

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL BULK DENSITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL CLASSIFICATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL COLOR

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL DEPTH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL FERTILITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL PH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL STRUCTURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL TEXTURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL WATER HOLDING CAPACITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL ROOTING DEPTH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL ROOTING DEPTH

Theme_Keyword: Measured Soil Data

Theme_Keyword: Primary Soil Data

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Theme_Keyword: IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA > EASTERN AFRICA > BURUNDI

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA > EASTERN AFRICA > RWANDA

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: VINCENT VAN ENGELEN

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: ISRIC World Soil Information

Address: P.O. Box 353

City: Wageningen

Postal_Code: 6700 AJ

Country: NETHERLANDS

Contact_Voice_Telephone: + 31 317 471736

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: + 31 317 471700

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vincent.vanengelen@wur.nl

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://www.isric.org/isric/webdocs/images/DR_CONGO_ALL2.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

View of landform themes of Lower Congo

Browse_Graphic_File_Type:

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Background information is given in: van Engelen VWP, Verdoodt A, Dijkshoorn JA and Van Ranst E 2006. Soil and Terrain Database of Central Africa (DR of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda). Report 2006/07, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen. To be downloaded from: http://www.isric.org/Webdocs/Docs/ISRIC_Report_2006_07.pdf

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Not Available

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: WDC/SOILS, ISRIC, WAGENINGEN > World Data Center for Soils, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen

Contact_Person: NIELS H. BATJES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: ISRIC - World Soil Information (World Data Center for Soils)

Address: P.O. Box 353

City: Wageningen

Postal_Code: 6700 AJ

Country: The Netherlands

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +31-317-471700

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: niels.batjes@wur.nl

Resource_Description: ISRIC_SOTERLAC_primary_ver2

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 5 Mb (zipped)

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.isric.org

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.isric.org/projects/soter-central-africa...

Access_Instructions:

View project homepage: download documentation and (zipped) dataset.

Fees: N/a

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070814

Metadata_Review_Date: 20110830

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office

Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Not Available

City: Lanham

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20706

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time