Soil - WMS

The Norwegian Soil survey is a systematic survey of soils on agricultural areas in mainland Norway. Data is collected by fieldwork which includes mapping the distribution of soil types by interpreting aerial photographs and verification and identification of soil types in the field using a soil auger. The boundaries between areas with different soil types are digitized in a GIS on site. Soil types are defined on the basis of major soil properties. The World Reference Base of Soil Resources (WRB) is linked as our national classification system, and is used as basis for our soil mapping units. \\nA soil feature in the soil database is a continuous area with the same attributes assigned according to the classification criteria of soil types with a geometric representation as a polygon. Soil maps describes agricultural areal according to a national standardized classification systems of soil and other local attributes such as slope. \\nAround 55 % of the country’s agricultural land has been mapped so far. As the soil survey will in foreseeable future only have partial national coverage, an area frame survey has been implemented in order to provide national and regional soil statistics. Plots of 0,9 km2 has been established in a 9 x 9 km grid across Norway, and all agricultural areas on these plots are classified and mapped for soil properties using the same approach as in the ordinary soil survey. The result is a representative sample used to provide estimates of soil types and properties at the national and regional level.\\nThe results from the soil survey are organized in a soil survey database. A number of applied models translate the information in the soil database into thematic maps needed by different users. Some models include meteorological data. As an example, agricultural areas best suited for potato production are available at scale 1:5000.

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Identification info

Date (Publication)
2007-05-10
Date (Creation)
0001-01-01
Date (Revision)
0001-01-01
Purpose

To provide soil maps and soil statistics for farmers, consultants and farming authorities in order to enhance land-use planning and farmland management.

Status
Under development
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Ingvild Nystuen

gisdrift@nibio.no

Publisher

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Siri Svengaard-Stokke

gisdrift@nibio.no

Owner
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Jordarter
Nasjonal inndeling i geografiske initiativ og SDI-er

  • Inspire
Nasjonal tematisk inndeling (DOK-kategori)

  • Landbruk
Place

  • Norge

  • Fastland
Theme

  • Fylker

  • Kommuner

  • Jordsmonn

  • Jord

  • Jordressurs

  • Jordkvalitet

  • Potet

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata, Part D 4, Classification of Spatial Data Services

Specific usage

Kartlaget er fremstilt i målestokk 1:5000 og er tilpasset bruk i målestokker fra 1:5000 til 1:20 000.
User contact info
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
Owner
Use limitation

Ingen begrensninger på bruk er oppgitt.
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Åpne data
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No conditions apply to access and use
Other constraints

Ingen begrensninger oppgitt.
Classification
Unclassified
Service Type
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Contains Operations

No information provided.
Operates On

Spatial representation info

No information provided.
Distribution format
Name Version

OGC WMS 1.3.0

Distributor

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Norsk institutt for bioøkonomi

Ingvild Nystuen

gisdrift@skogoglandskap.no

Distributor
Distributor format
Name Version

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OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

OGC:WMS

 		https://wms.nibio.no/cgi-bin/jordsmonn?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3.0&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
Hierarchy level
Service
Other

service

Domain consistency

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Title

inspire
Date
Explanation

The dataset is established according to national specifications.
Pass
No

Conformance result

Title
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 976/2009 of 19 October 2009 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Title

inspire-networkservice
Date
Explanation

This data set is not evaluated conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for Network Services
Statement

Soil survey in Norway has been conducted for the last 30 years, and is an ongoing activity. Around 55 % of the country’s agricultural land has been mapped and is increasing with 1-2 % per year.

Metadata

File identifier
20497e23-38f5-442b-b001-bdf181b1028e XML
Metadata language
Norwegian
Hierarchy level
Service
Hierarchy level name

service
Date stamp
2025-06-27
Metadata standard name

ISO19115
Metadata standard version

2003
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Ingvild Nystuen

gisdrift@nibio.no

Point of contact
Other language
Language Character encoding
English UTF8
 
 

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Keywords

Fylker Jord Jordkvalitet Jordressurs Jordsmonn Kommuner Potet


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