Releases: openlandmap/SoilSamples
v2026-04-24
OpenLandMap-soildb is a public compendium of global, regional, national and sub-national soil samples and/or soil profile datasets (points with Observations and Measurements of soil properties and characteristics). Datasets listed here, assuming compatible open data license, are afterwards imported into the Global compilation of soil chemical and physical properties and soil classes and eventually used to create a better open soil information across countries.
The specific objectives of this initiative are:
- To enable data digitization, import and binding + harmonization,
- To accelerate research collaboration and networking,
- To enable development of more accurate / more usable global and regional soil property and class maps (typically published via https://OpenLandMap.org),
In this release: - Additional points were added including RaCA, Mexico (INEGI) soil erosion observations, Mexico FAO SAGARPA points, LiMeSODa, Hungarian HSDOS and Chinese SOCS points;
- A peer-reviewed publications explaining all processing steps is now also available.
v2025-06-07
OpenLandMap-soildb is a public compendium of global, regional, national and sub-national soil samples and/or soil profile datasets (points with Observations and Measurements of soil properties and characteristics). Datasets listed here, assuming compatible open data license, are afterwards imported into the Global compilation of soil chemical and physical properties and soil classes and eventually used to create a better open soil information across countries.
The specific objectives of this initiative are:
- To enable data digitization, import and binding + harmonization,
- To accelerate research collaboration and networking,
- To enable development of more accurate / more usable global and regional soil property and class maps (typically published via https://OpenLandMap.org),