Soil and Terrain Database (SOTER) for Latin America and the Caribbean (SOTERLAC), version 2.0

The Soil and Terrain database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SOTERLAC), version 2.0, at scale 1:5 million, replaces version 1.02. The update includes changes in the GIS file and in the attributes database. The topographic base of the SOTERLAC map was adapted to a version congruent to the Digital Chart of the World.



The SOTERLAC attribute database has changed in respect to the number of ... pedon attributes that can be stored. Contrary to the preceding, compact version, version 2.0 can accommodate all pedon attributes considered in a 1:1 million scale SOTER database.



SOTERLAC forms a part of the ongoing activities of ISRIC, FAO and UNEP to update the world's baseline information on natural resources.The project involved collaboration with national soil institutes from the countries in the region as well as individual experts

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Date (Publication)
2005-07-01
Citation identifier
436bd4b0-7ffc-4272-be57-686b7d7eea7d
Presentation form
Digital map
Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

ISRIC - World Soil Information

Bas Kempen

bas.kempen@wur.nl

Point of contact

ISRIC - World Soil Information

J.A. Dijkshoorn

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 		Author

ISRIC - World Soil Information

Jan R.M. Huting

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 		Author
Theme

  • calcium

  • carbon

  • cation exchange capacity

  • electrical conductivity

  • nitrogen

  • organic matter

  • bulk density

  • soil profiles

  • pH

  • salinity

  • texture

  • water holding capacity

  • nutrients

Stratum

  • Soil science

Region

  • South America

  • Latin America

  • Caribbean

  • Argentina

  • Brazil

  • Belize

  • Bolivia

  • Caribbean Islands

  • Chile

  • Colombia

  • Costa Rica

  • Ecuador

  • El Salvador

  • French Guiana

  • Guatemala

  • Guiana

  • Honduras

  • Mexico

  • Nicaragua

  • Panama

  • Paraguay

  • Peru

  • Suriname

  • Uruguay

  • Venezuela

  • Cuba

  • Jamaica

  • Dominican Republic

  • Haiti

  • Trinidad and Tobago
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License
Use constraints
License
Other constraints
Attribution 3.0 International (CC BY 3.0)
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
5000000
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1953-01-01
End date
1998-08-01
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / 4326
Distribution format
Name Version

zip

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-ftp--download

 		https://files.isric.org/public/soter/LAC-SOTER.zip

Download

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related

 		https://isric.org/index.php/projects/soil-and-terrain-soter-database-programme

Project webpage

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related

 		https://isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_2005_01.pdf

Report
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Statement

1) Dijkshoorn JA, Huting JRM and Tempel P 2005. Update of the 1:5 million Soil and Terrain Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SOTERLAC, ver. 2.0). Report 2005/01, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen,

https://isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_2005_01.pdf



2) Batjes NH 2000. Effects of mapped variation in soil conditions on estimates of soil carbon and nitrogen stocks for South America. Geoderma 97, 135-144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7061(00)00031-8



3) Batjes NH 2005. SOTER-based soil parameter estimates for Latin America and the Caribbean (ver. 1.0). Report 2005/02, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen, https://isric.org/sites/default/files/isric_report_2005_02.pdf



4) FAO, ISRIC, UNEP and CIP 1998. Soil and terrain digital database for Latin America and the Caribbean at 1:5 million scale (ver. 1.0). Land and Water Digital Media Series No. 5, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome

Metadata

File identifier
436bd4b0-7ffc-4272-be57-686b7d7eea7d XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

dataset
Date stamp
2021-07-14T11:51:59
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version

2003/Cor.1:2006
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

ISRIC - World Soil Information

Data infodesk

data@isric.org

Point of contact
 
 

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Keywords

bulk density calcium carbon cation exchange capacity electrical conductivity nitrogen nutrients organic matter pH salinity soil profiles texture water holding capacity
Stratum

Soil science


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