Soil map

A soil map ( pedological map ) is mapped represents the soil conditions of an area

The studied area includes mostly the developed soil, ie the top one to two meters of the earth's crust. The display bases are topographical maps of different scales. Depending on the purpose of representation and accuracy of different content can be used to characterize the soil.

Soil maps on the scale areas

• Ground large-scale maps (1: 10,000, 1: 5000, for special individual projects and larger) differentiate soils even further in the respective nomenclature or classification, and perform other properties such as soil, groundwater, etc. on.
• At intermediate scales ( 1: 25.000 to 1: 50,000 ) of the thematic focus usually lies with the individual - dominant - soil types. In legends other features are explained.
• Small-scale maps (1: 100,000 and smaller) usually provide the socialization of soils dar.

Breakdown by theme

• Maps of soil types (soil- genetic maps) are the most common application form. Here, the soils are classified according to the pedological schemes (eg brown earth or podzol ).
• Maps of soil types, as they are found in studies of agricultural land (eg, clay, sand or peat soil ).
• Soil quality or soil estimate cards will be out at the land survey offices and the Federal Institute for Regional Studies. They refer to surveys on soil quality and profitability metrics and illustrate the agricultural uses.

Soil maps (Meteorology)

The term soil map can also be found in meteorology ( technical term: Surface weather map). This lists the measurements of the weather stations on the ground and the analyzes created from it. In contrast, the height map ( altitude weather map ) indicates the air pressure levels at specific height zones again ..