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Digital Soil Mapping with Limited Data

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Editors:
  1. Alfred E. Hartemink

    1. ISRIC – World Soil Information, The Netherlands

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  2. Alex McBratney

    1. Fac. of Agriculture, University of Sydney, NSW Camperdown, Australia

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  3. Maria de Lourdes Mendonça-Santos

    1. EMBRAPA-Brazilian Agricultural Research, Corporation/CNPS-The National Centre of Soil Research, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil

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  • Digital soil mapping (DSM) is an emerging and expanding topic in soil science
  • There is a growing interest from neighbouring disciplines
  • The book presents the latest technologies, challenges and ideas related to DSM
  • 35 chapters range from overviews of the DSM technology in general to specific applications in areas without much soil information or areas where specific parameters are investigated

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIV
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Digital Soil Mapping: A State of the Art

      • P. Lagacherie
      Pages 3-14

    3. Digital Soil Mapping Technologies for Countries with Sparse Data Infrastructures

      • Budiman Minasny, Alex. B. McBratney, R. Murray Lark
      Pages 15-30

    4. A New Global Demand for Digital Soil Information

      • S.E. Cook, A. Jarvis, J.P. Gonzalez
      Pages 31-41

    5. Development and Application of Digital Soil Mapping Within Traditional Soil Survey: What will it Grow Into?

      • D. Howell, Y.G. Kim, C.A. Haydu-Houdeshell
      Pages 43-51

    6. Soil Map Density and a Nation’s Wealth and Income

      • Alfred E. Hartemink
      Pages 53-66

  3. Dealing with Limited Spatial Data Infrastructures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Digital Soil Mapping as a Component of Data Renewal for Areas with Sparse Soil Data Infrastructures

      • D.G. Rossiter
      Pages 69-80

    3. Challenges to Digital Soil Mapping

      • J.W. Hempel, R.D. Hammer, A.C. Moore, J.C. Bell, J.A. Thompson, M.L. Golden
      Pages 81-90

    4. Mapping Potassium Availability from Limited Soil Profile Data in Brazil

      • R.B. Prado, V.M. Benites, P.L.O.A. Machado, J.C. Polidoro, R.O. Dart, A. Naumov
      Pages 91-101

    5. GIS as a Support to Soil Mapping in Southern Brazil

      • E. Weber, H. Hasenack, C.A. Flores, R.O. Pötter, P.J. Fasolo
      Pages 103-112

    6. Experiences with Applied DSM: Protocol, Availability, Quality and Capacity Building

      • R.A. MacMillan
      Pages 113-135

    7. Towards a Data Quality Management Framework for Digital Soil Mapping with Limited Data

      • B.G.C.M. Krol
      Pages 137-149

    8. Demand-Driven Land Evaluation

      • I.L.Z. Bacic
      Pages 151-162

  4. Digital Soil Mapping – Methodologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy as a Tool for Digital Soil Mapping

      • R.A. Viscarra Rossel, A.B. McBratney
      Pages 165-172

    3. Digital Soil Mapping at a National Scale: A Knowledge and GIS Based Approach to Improving Parent Material and Property Information

      • R. Lawley, B. Smith
      Pages 173-182

    4. 3D Modelling of Geology and Soils – A Case Study from the UK

      • B. Smith, H. Kessler, A.J. Scheib, S.E. Brown, R.C. Palmer, O. Kuras et al.
      Pages 183-191

    5. Landsat Spectral Data for Digital Soil Mapping

      • J.L. Boettinger, R.D. Ramsey, J.M. Bodily, N.J. Cole, S. Kienast-Brown, S.J. Nield et al.
      Pages 193-202
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Signi?cant technological advances have been few and far between in the past approximately one hundred years of soil survey activities. Perhaps one of the most innovative techniques in the history of soil survey was the introduction of aerial photographs as base maps for ?eld mapping, which replaced the conventional base map laboriously prepared by planetable and alidade. Such a relatively simple idea by today’s standards revolutionized soil surveys by vastly increasing the accuracy and ef?ciently. Yet, even this innovative approach did not gain universal acceptance immediately and was hampered by a lack of aerial coverage of the world, funds to cover the costs, and in some cases a reluctance by some soil mappers and cartog- phers to change. Digital Soil Mapping (DSM), which is already being used and tested by groups of dedicated and innovative pedologists, is perhaps the next great advancement in delivering soil survey information. However, like many new technologies, it too has yet to gain universal acceptance and is hampered by ignorance on the part of some pedologists and other scientists. DSM is a spatial soil information system created by numerical models that - count for the spatial and temporal variations of soil properties based on soil - formation and related environmental variables (Lagacheric and McBratney, 2007).

Editors and Affiliations

  • ISRIC – World Soil Information, The Netherlands

    Alfred E. Hartemink

  • Fac. of Agriculture, University of Sydney, NSW Camperdown, Australia

    Alex McBratney

  • EMBRAPA-Brazilian Agricultural Research, Corporation/CNPS-The National Centre of Soil Research, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil

    Maria de Lourdes Mendonça-Santos

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