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EuDASM - Soil maps of Africa

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Selvarajdou S-K, Montanarella L, Spaargaren O and Dent D 2005. European Digital Archive of Soil Maps (EuDASM): Soil maps of Africa. EUR 21657 EN, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg (http://eusoils.jrc.it/esdb_archive/EuDASM/africa/index.htm)

Publication_Date: 20051001

Title: EuDASM - Soil maps of Africa

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: jpg-format

Series_Information:

Series_Name:
Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Luxembourg
Publisher: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

Other_Citation_Details:

Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

Online_Linkage: http://eusoils.jrc.it/esdb_archive/EuDASM/africa/index.htm

Description:

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 2000+ maps for Africa 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.
Purpose:: Not Available
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Selvarajdou S-K, Montanarella L, Spaargaren O and Dent D 2005. European Digital Archive of Soil Maps (EuDASM): Soil maps of Africa (DVD-ROM version). EUR 21657 EN, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg (http://eusoils.jrc.it/ESDB_Archive/eusoils_docs/other/EUR21657.pdf)

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19500101
Ending_Date: 20051231

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -20.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -36.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS
Theme_Keyword: EUDASM > EUROPEAN DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF SOIL MAPS
Theme_Keyword: Scanned Soil Maps
Theme_Keyword: FARMING
Theme_Keyword: BIOTA
Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA > EASTERN AFRICA
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA > SOUTHERN AFRICA
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA > WESTERN AFRICA

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:

See: http://eusoils.jrc.it/esdb_archive/EuDASM/indexes/about.htm

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: PANOS PANAGOS

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: NIELS H. BATJES

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: E. fermi 2749
City: Ispra
Country: Italy

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: 0039-0332-785574

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +31-317-471700

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: panos.panagos@jrc.ec.europa.eu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: niels.batjes@wur.nl

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://www.isric.org/isric/webdocs/images/MediumSize/EUDASM_Africa_450.jpg
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:: The maps from the ISRIC Africa collection, more than 2000, 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
Browse_Graphic_File_Type:

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: The data set's lineage (and citation) is described in: Selvarajdou S-K, Montanarella L, Spaargaren O and Dent D 2005. European Digital Archive of Soil Maps (EuDASM): Soil maps of Africa (DVD-ROM version). EUR 21657 EN, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg (http://eusoils.jrc.it/ESDB_Archive/eusoils_docs/other/EUR21657.pdf)

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Not Available
Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: Includes small scale (< 1:1 000 000) and detailed (> 1:20 000) maps
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

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

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: EU/JRC/IES/EUSOILS > Soil and Waste Management Unit, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Center, European Union
Contact_Person: MARC VAN LIEDEKERKE

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Environmental Institute
Address: Joint Research Center of the European Commission, Ispra
City: Ispra
Postal_Code: 21020
Country: Italy

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 0039-0332-785179

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 0039-0332-786-394

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: marc.van-liedekerke@jrc.it

Resource_Description: ISRIC_EuDASM_Africa

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: jpg

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.isric.org

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://eusoils.jrc.it/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://eusoils.jrc.it/esdb_archive/EuDASM/EUDASM.h...

Access_Instructions:

View EuDASM project home page; provides information about EuDASM, publications and access to soil maps.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.isric.org/projects/eudasm-european-digi...

Access_Instructions:

Access EuDASM maps through the ISRIC - World Soil Library.

Fees: N/a

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070809

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

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