a351682c-330a-4995-a5a1-57ad160e621c dataset Data infodesk ISRIC - World Soil Information data@isric.org 2025-02-05T10:33:43 ISO 19115:2003/19139 2003/Cor.1:2006 4326 EPSG WISE - Global Soil Profile Data, version 3.1 2008-12-01 a351682c-330a-4995-a5a1-57ad160e621c Version 3.1 of the ISRIC-WISE database (WISE3) was compiled from a wide range of soil profile data collected by many soil professionals worldwide. All profiles have been harmonized with respect to the original Legend (1974) and Revised Legend (1988) of FAO-Unesco. Thereby, the primary soil data ─ and any secondary data derived from them ─ can be linked using GIS to the spatial units of the digitized Soil Map of the World as well as more recent digital Soil and Terrain (SOTER) databases through the soil legend code. WISE3 holds selected attribute data for some 10,250 soil profiles, with some 47,800 horizons, from 149 countries. Individual profiles have been sampled, described, and analyzed according to methods and standards in use in the originating countries. There is no uniform set of properties for which all profiles have analytical data, generally because only selected measurements were planned during the original surveys. Methods used for laboratory determinations of specific soil properties vary between laboratories and over time; sometimes, results for the same property cannot be compared directly. WISE3 will inevitably include gaps, being a compilation of legacy soil data derived from traditional soil survey, which can be of a taxonomic, geographic, and soil analytical nature. As a result, the amount of data available for modelling is sometimes much less than expected. Adroit use of the data, however, will permit a wide range of agricultural and environmental applications at a global and continental scale (1:500 000 and broader). Preferred citation: Batjes NH 2009. Harmonized soil profile data for applications at global and continental scales: updates to the WISE database. Soil Use and Management 5:124–127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2009.00202.x Niels Batjes ISRIC - World Soil Information Senior Soil Scientist PO Box 353 Wageningen 6700AJ Netherlands niels.batjes@isric.org Data info desk ISRIC - World Soil Information custodian data@isric.org Data info desk ISRIC - World Soil Information (WDC - Soils) publisher data@isric.org https://files.isric.org/public/thumbnails/wise/ISRIC-WISE3r1.jpg calcium carbon cation exchange capacity electrical conductivity nitrogen organic carbon bulk density soil classification soil depth soil profiles pH salinity texture water holding capacity soil profiles nutrients Soil science Stratum Global Region Attribution 3.0 International (CC BY 3.0) 100000 geoscientificInformation 1925-01-01 2010-04-15 -180.00 180.00 -90.00 90.00 zip Niels Batjes Data info desk ISRIC - World Soil Information (WDC - Soils) data@isric.org https://files.isric.org/public/wise/WD-WISE.zip WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-ftp--download Download https://www.isric.org/projects/world-inventory-soil-emission-potentials-wise WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Project webpage https://www.isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_2008_02.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Report Journal paper: 1)Batjes NH 2009. Harmonized soil profile data for applications at global and continental scales: updates to the WISE database. Soil Use and Management 5:124–127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2009.00202.x Supporting documentation: 2) Batjes NH 2008. ISRIC-WISE Harmonized Global Soil Profile Dataset (Ver. 3.1). Report 2008/02, ISRIC – World Soil Information, Wageningen, 59p with dataset, https://isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_2008_02.pdf