Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER) for Latin America and the Caribbean (SOTERLAC), version 2.0

The Soil and Terrain database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SOTERLAC), version 2.0, at scale 1:5 million, replaces version 1.02. The update includes changes in the GIS file and in the attributes database. The topographic base of the SOTERLAC map was adapted to a version congruent to the Digital Chart of the World.

The SOTERLAC attribute database has changed in respect to the number of ... pedon attributes that can be stored. Contrary to the preceding, compact version, version 2.0 can accommodate all pedon attributes considered in a 1:1 million scale SOTER database.

SOTERLAC 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

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	October 25, 2023, 14:40 (UTC)
Created	October 25, 2023, 14:40 (UTC)
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bbox-east-long	-34.8
bbox-north-lat	32.7
bbox-south-lat	-58.0
bbox-west-long	-118.5
contact-email	bas.kempen@wur.nl
coupled-resource	[]
dataset-reference-date	[{"type": "publication", "value": "2005-07-01"}]
frequency-of-update
graphic-preview-file	https://files.isric.org/public/thumbnails/soter/SOTERLAC.jpg
guid	436bd4b0-7ffc-4272-be57-686b7d7eea7d
harvest_object_id	06b9b9fa-fe1f-4dc4-a148-890caf037375
harvest_source_id	0ac93d1f-9648-4157-af46-766b49f28e1c
harvest_source_title	ISRIC Soil Data
licence	[]
lineage	1) Dijkshoorn JA, Huting JRM and Tempel P 2005. Update of the 1:5 million Soil and Terrain Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SOTERLAC, ver. 2.0). Report 2005/01, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, https://isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_2005_01.pdf 2) Batjes NH 2000. Effects of mapped variation in soil conditions on estimates of soil carbon and nitrogen stocks for South America. Geoderma 97, 135-144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7061(00)00031-8 3) Batjes NH 2005. SOTER-based soil parameter estimates for Latin America and the Caribbean (ver. 1.0). Report 2005/02, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, https://isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_2005_02.pdf 4) FAO, ISRIC, UNEP and CIP 1998. Soil and terrain digital database for Latin America and the Caribbean at 1:5 million scale (ver. 1.0). Land and Water Digital Media Series No. 5, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
metadata-date	2021-07-14T11:51:59
metadata-language	eng
progress	Completed
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