Dataset Identification:
Resource Abstract:
- description: This data set contains vector line map information. The vector data contain selected base categories of geographic
features, and characteristics of these features, in digital form. The information was collected by clipping the existing STATSGO
soils map to the State of Louisiana boundary. The data set used the existing STATSGO soil maps as a data development resource.
The classified data was derived from actual field identification and sampling performed by the United States Department of
Agriculture and the Soil Conservation Service. Review the metadata file for more information. Coverage is of the entire State
of Louisiana. The original STATSGO map is a digital general soil association map developed by the National Cooperative Survey.
It consists of a broad based inventory of soils and nonsoil areas that occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and
that can be cartographically shown at the scale mapped. The soil maps for STATSGO are compiled by generalizing more detailed
soil survey maps. Map unit composition for a STATSGO map is determined by transecting or sampling areas on the more detailed
maps and expanding the data statistically to characterize the whole map unit. The data set consists of georeferenced digital
map data and computerized attribute data. The map data are collected in 1- by 2- degree topographic quadrangle units and merged
and distributed as statewide coverages. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the Map Unit Interpretations Record
relational data base which give the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties.; abstract: This data
set contains vector line map information. The vector data contain selected base categories of geographic features, and characteristics
of these features, in digital form. The information was collected by clipping the existing STATSGO soils map to the State
of Louisiana boundary. The data set used the existing STATSGO soil maps as a data development resource. The classified data
was derived from actual field identification and sampling performed by the United States Department of Agriculture and the
Soil Conservation Service. Review the metadata file for more information. Coverage is of the entire State of Louisiana. The
original STATSGO map is a digital general soil association map developed by the National Cooperative Survey. It consists of
a broad based inventory of soils and nonsoil areas that occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can be cartographically
shown at the scale mapped. The soil maps for STATSGO are compiled by generalizing more detailed soil survey maps. Map unit
composition for a STATSGO map is determined by transecting or sampling areas on the more detailed maps and expanding the data
statistically to characterize the whole map unit. The data set consists of georeferenced digital map data and computerized
attribute data. The map data are collected in 1- by 2- degree topographic quadrangle units and merged and distributed as statewide
coverages. The soil map units are linked to attributes in the Map Unit Interpretations Record relational data base which give
the proportionate extent of the component soils and their properties.
Citation
- Title Louisiana State Soil Geographic, General Soil Map, Geographic NAD83, NWRC (1998) [statsgo_soils_NWRC_1998].
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- creation Date
2015-04-09T23:37:32.300321
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2018-08-06T20:56:33Z
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- notes: This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a dc metadata record; Transform by Stephen M. Richard, based
on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T20:56:33Z
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- organisation Name
CINERGI Metadata catalog
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- electronic Mail Address cinergi@sdsc.edu
Metadata language
eng
Metadata character set encoding:
utf8
Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
standard version:
2007
Metadata record identifier:
urn:dciso:metadataabout:e474194d-1ce9-4b57-9ba6-9c511f47eb7b
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)