JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE

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European Soil Portal European Soil Data Centre
Panos Panagos European Commission, Joint Research
Centre, Institute of Environment and
Sustainability E-mail panos.panagos_at_jrc.it http
//eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
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Soil Portal http//eusoils.jrc.it
45 major updates in 2006
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Data (1)Distribution of Soil Database

• The European Soil Database is the main source
  from which most Data, Information, Documents and
  Services are derived.
• Soil Database (ver. 1) available on CD-ROM
  through the OPOCE (ISBN 92-894-1947-4)
• Soil Database(ver. 2) is a reworked/updated
  version of the distribution version 1 (Modern
  Layout)
• Both to the needs of an expert user (advanced
  access to soil data) and to the expectations of a
  novice user.
• Full Database documentation is available in the
  Soil Portal
• Metadata, Database Dictionaries, Attributes
  coding
• Only the Raw are not available

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Data (2) Raster Library

• Raster Library 1km x 1km rasters, 10km x 10km
  rasters derived from the 11,000,000 ESDB data
• The degraded data respect ownership rights by
  giving access to degraded data
• Free public access to these degraded but usable
  data (expert users to use them for modelling
  purposes)

• Initial point for the development of a prototype
  system for updating data INSPIRE objective
  Development of nested systems
• LAEA_ERTS INSPIRE Reference Grid Unique Grid
  Coding System

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Data (3)Distributed by Projects

• Soil Erosion estimates (t/ha/y)
• Organic Carbon Content ()
• Digital Dataset of Ground Water resources
• Eco-pedological map of the Alps (Project Data,
  Alpine Reference Grid)
• European Digital Archive on Soil Maps
• Soil Profile Data (SPADE/M)

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Data (4)ESDAC and Reference Grids

• European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) thematic
  centre for soil related data in Europe
• List of 46 metadata Inventory of soil data
  currently holding in ESDAC.
• The European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) as a nested
  system of soil data centres
• Data centers providing policy relevant soil
  information at different scales (European
  National Regional)

• European Reference Grids for the exchange of soil
  data
• Standard for reference grids in a common
  co-ordinate system with fixed cell sizes and
  common cell coding
• 1kmx1km, 10kmx10km Grid for the EU-25

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Data (5) Inventory

• National Soil DatabasesObjectives
• Links to websites from where soil related
  datasets at national level
• According INSPIRE concept
• in the context of the establishment of the
  European Soil Data Center
• Inventory for AUT, UK, FIN, FR, MT, NL, NO, SLK

• Regional Soil Databases
• Links to websites from where soil related
  datasets at Regional level
• Soil datasets that should be included within the
  nested system of soil data centres.
• On going process.

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Documents(1)Research Reports, Papers, CD-ROMS

• The Electronic Library of the Portal
• 19 European Soil Bureau Research Reports
• 32 Other Research Reports
• 11 Publications in International Journals
• A common Electronic Library for research reports,
  papers and CD-Roms.
• Multilingual versions of Reports (Example Manual
  of Procedures EN, FR, IT, ES)
• The user can
• Preview the cover-page of the report
• Download
• Navigate the Contents
• Navigate the CD-ROM

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Documents(2) Map Archive EUDASM

• Collection of maps representing 73 attributes of
  the Soil Database
• PDF format, Length A3, sizes typically between 1
  and 2 MB
• For each theme, 3 maps available
• Thematic
• Purity is an indicator of the quality of a
  thematic map
• Confident is an indicator of the quality of an
  attribute value (provided by the contributor)

Example map volume of stones

• Africa 2,010 maps
• Asia 961 maps
• Latin America Caribbean 1074 maps
• USA 240 Soil maps
• Canada 65 Soil maps
• Europe more than 1000 soil maps of EU-25 and
  other European Countries

European Digital Archive on Soil Maps of the
World - EuDASM
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Applications (1) SOMIS (SOil Map Internet
Server) Standalone web-based application for the
navigation of soil related maps

• Dynamic Internet application to European Soil
  Database
• Presentation of all attributes (73) as map
  layers all attributes are taken from the Soil
  Geographical DB
• Dynamically Expanded Tree Menus in order to host
  the 73 different Layers (grouped into 14 groups)
• Interactive Map operations Zoom, Pan, Query,
  Layering, Identify, Select features, Advanced
  printing, Legend
• User can view,navigate inspect soil data but
  cannot download
• User friendly application like a GIS Tool No
  need for specific S/W(only web browser)
• The data contents are fully documented

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Applications(2) SOMIS version 2.0

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Applications(3) PESERA OCTOP Map Server

• Pesera Map Server is an interactive application
  which allows the user to navigate in the Pan
  European Soil Erosion Estimates
• OCTOP Map Server is an interactive application
  which allows the user to navigate in European
  soils Organic Carbon Content
• The user can print his own map in PDF format

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Applications(4) MEUSIS (Multi-scale European
Soil Information System
Navigate in the Alpine Reference Grid a large
trans-boundary area by zooming in from upper
scales towards more detailed data.
EU
European Soil Erosion Risk
Cell Size
Alpine Area (5 Countries) 11 x 7 77 cells
Area 770,000 Km2
100km x 100km
Member
Regional Italian Alpine Area Alpine 7,700 cells
of 10km x 10km
10km x 10km
Regional Scale
Local Italian Alpine Area
1km x 1km
Local Scale
Towards a MEUSIS a participatory approach
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Applications (5) Soil Profiles ECALP

• Soil Profile Analytical Database (SPADE 2)
  Contains Soil Profile Data covering 9
  EU-countries
• Based on the Soil Profiles Database SPADE 2, the
  SPADE Map Service allows the user to view Profile
  data by clicking on the appropriate polygon.
• A detailed description in the Research Report EUR
  22127
• Information also in the related SPADE 2
  Projects section

• Compilation of the ECALP Database Implemented
  for 5 Pilot Areas according to the Inspire
  Reference Grid
• ECALP Web service Navigate in the pilot areas
  and select one of the 30 parameters to view.
• ECALP Data section Data from the pilot areas,
  Final Reports and applications.

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Applications(6) Interoperability

• Web Map Service (WMS) in the Soil Portal
• Combine layers of maps located in different Map
  servers all around the World
• Integrates maps residing on multiple spatial
  servers
• According to INSPIRE Principles
• OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) Standards
  compliant

• Map viewers (Software Tools) recommended for WMS
• Web map Viewers (Inspire, InterGraph, Georg.
  Network)
• Stand-Alone WMS viewers (GAIA)
• ESRI (ArcGIS, ArcCatalog)

• Metadata
• Standard ISO 19115
• Public users should have access to environmental
  and may be able to discover available spatial
  data

• Available WMS services in Soil Portal
• SOMIS (Soil mapping services)
• Pesera (Soil Erosion risk)
• OCTOP (Organic Carbon)
• MEUSIS (Multi-scale European Soil Inf.system)
• ECALP (Eco-pedological Map of the Alps)
• SPADE-2 (Soil Profiles Analytical Database)

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Soil Themes(1) Soil Erosion
Virtual Place to make available information on
Soil themes

• PESERA Pan-European Soil Erosion Estimation Risk
  Assessment
• Soil erosion estimates (t/ha/yr) by applying the
  PESERA GRID model at 1km x 1km
• These data are freely available upon request.
• Interactive application (map service) allows the
  user to navigate the soil erosion data
• Other Projects presented
• Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Europe (INRA
  Project)
• Soil Erosion Assessment in ITALY

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Soil Themes(2) Organic Carbon

• The data are in GRID format and are available as
  ASCII raster file or in native ESRI GRID format
  (1km x 1km)

• Organic Carbon Content on Topsoils 0-30cm
• These data are freely available upon request
• Interactive application (map service) allows the
  user to navigate the organic carbon data

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Soil Themes(3) Soil Sampling.

• Simple, acceptable and adaptable guidelines to
  make soil sampling
• Document Soil Sampling Protocol to Certify the
  Changes of Organic Carbon Stock in Mineral Soils
  of EU
• Application for a restricted randomized point
  distribution

• Future themes Salinisation, LandSlides,
  Compaction

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Projects(1) ECALP ProjectECopedological map of
ALPs

• Create a useful network among regional and
  national institutions which own and manage soil
  data
• Set up and update of a shared soil database for
  the Alps
• Use of participatory approach, according to
  INSPIRE principles
• Exchange of harmonised soil information
• Develop common procedures to allow data exchange,
  updating and evaluation for some application
  purposes
• Activities (Objective Draft of Ecopedological
  Map of the Alps)
• Choice of pilot areas, one for each partner,
  within the territory of the Alpine
• Definition of a common format for data exchange
• Testing of the exchange format in sample areas
• Filling in the exchange format and updating

Contact N. Filippi
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Projects(2) Soil Atlas, EuDASM

• EuDASM
• European Digital Archive on Soil Maps of the
  World Objectives
• to transfer soil information into digital
  format, with the maximum resolution
  possible
• to preserve the information of paper maps
• that are vulnerable to deterioration.
• Results
• 2000 maps of Africa,1030 maps of Asia, 1000
  maps of Latin America, 5030 in Total

Contact S. Selvaradjou

• Soil Atlas
• 'bridge the gap' between soil science and
  public knowledge.
• 128 pages of maps, tables, figures and graphs
  Results
• The first Soil Atlas in Europe
• More than 600 registration orders

Contact A. Jones
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Projects(3) MEUSIS, GroundWater

• MEUSIS
• Multi-scale European Soil Information System
  Objectives
• INSPIRE implementation
• Harmonized soil information systems
• Crucial to ensure data compatibility
• Results
• Alpine Reference Grid(100 Km, 10Km, 1Km)
• Ecalp Database for the pilot areas

Contact Filippi, Panagos

• Ground Water Resources
• Produce data from digitizing European-wide ground
  water maps, resulting from a study by EU
• Catalogue national water resources for 9 Member
  States of the European Union
• Results
• CD-Rom, Download Datasets, Maps

Contact S. Selvaradjou
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Projects(4) DanubeSIS,INSEA,SOTER

• DanubeSIS
• Soil Information System on the Danube River
  Objectives
• Collection of Soil Point Data in the Danube
  River
• Provide the data to Flood Risk Assessment
  Results
• 1200 points per country CZ, AUT, BA, ROM, SLK

Contact B. Houskova

• INSEA
• INtegrated Sink Enhancement Assessment
• Leader for a specific workpackage devoted to
  Data and Database Strategy
• Results
• Regular Technical Reports

Contact V. Stolbovoy
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Projects(5) SOTER, SPADE 2

• SPADE 2
• Soil Profile Analytical Database for Europe
  Objectives
• Soil Profile data for 9 countries in EU
• 1897 complete soil profiles directly linked to
  1077 STUs (35 of all STUs for the EU-15)
• Results
• Soil Profile Database, EUR 21227, Spade
  Application Service

Contact B. Houskova

• SOTER SOil Terrain Database
• Objective The implementation of Soil Terrain
  Database
• Working group Digital Soil Mapping

Contact F. Carre
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European Soil Bureau Network

• Vehicle to promote its activities
• Overview
• Projects, Objectives, Deliverables
• History and ESBN members
• Meetings (plenary sessions 2004, 2005 workshops
  like the present one)
• ESBN Activities
• Soil Information System
• Soil Geographical Database
• Soil Database at scale 1250K
• Soil Profile Analytical Database
• Pedotransfer rules
• Future Perspectives

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Utilities(1) How to be informed?

• Presentations which were made in various events
  (Conferences, Workshops, Meetings)
• Future events Calendar with announcements of
  future events (You may propose a new soil related
  event)
• What is New Be informed about the latest updates
  in the Portal 45 major updates in 2006 6 per
  month

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Utilities(2) How to be informed?

• Eusoils Mailing List Subscribe in order to get
  Informed (150 members)
• Forums informal Net places for exchange of
  opinions, ideas.
• Soil information Working Group (SIWG) Public
  consultation for the Soil Thematic Strategy. It
  is expected that SIWG addresses these questions
  specifically for each of the following threats
  erosion, organic mater decline, salinisation,
  compaction and landslides
• ECALP Forum. An informal place to exchange ideas
  about the ECALP project.
• Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) Public consultation
  for Digital Soil Mapping techniques and
  applications. Its task is to review data,
  techniques and applications of digital soil
  mapping and to propose common methodologies for
  mapping European soils at different scales.

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Statistics (1) Users per Month

• 26.600 users / month
• 47.000 downloads / month
• 8 pages per user
• gt 250,000 pages per month
• gt 2.000.000 hints monthly

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The new system of European Data Centers for the
environment (the group of four)
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Preliminary outline of potential soil data
providers to the European Soil Data Centre
(ESDAC)
European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN)
Soil data from other sources (research projects,
etc.)
JRC
Data Centers
European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
A Single Focal Point for Policy Relevant Soil
Information
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From the Local to the Global ScaleThe European
Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) as a nested system of
soil data centres
Data centers providing policy relevant soil
information at different scales
World Data Centre for Soil (WDC Soil) Operated
by ISRIC on behalf of ICSU
15,000,000
ICSU/ISRIC/FAO/UNEP
European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) Operated by JRC
11,000,000
EU
1250,000
National Soil Data Centre to be defined
Member States
150,000
Regional Soil Data Centre to be defined
Regions
Soil Monitoring Sites
Communes
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Technical solution for implementing a nested
system of soil data centers in the framework of
INSPIRE
Demonstration available at