Digital Soil Mapping - The generation of geographically referenced soil databases based on quantitative relationships between spatially explicit environmental data and measurements made in the field and laboratory (McBratney et al., 2003); the spatial prediction of soil classes or properties from point data and environmental raster data using a statistical algorithm. For general information on Digital Soil Mapping, please click here.
- Coordinate DSM activities across the Soil and Plant Science Division
- Identify training needs
- Identify needs to update standards and propose solutions
- NSSH Part 648 – Digital Soil Mapping – Raster Products
- Initiate annual field weeks to investigate soil-landscape relationships in selected DSM project areas
- Assemble existing data
- Identify gaps
- Produce raster-based soil data and information
- Applied Digital Soil Mapping: Using pedology to understand, map, model, and manage landscapes - Dr. Nauman explores how predictive statistical techniques in soil science can inform land management planning and decision making. Example applications include planning forest restoration, refining ecological sites, evaluating restoration of oil and gas drilling sites, determining dust sources, identifying salinity mitigation sites, mapping ecological states, and assessing landslide risk.
- Digital Soil Mapping Focus Team - An introduction to the focus team, current activities, and vision for digital soil mapping within the SSD.
- Digital Soil Mapping Primer - An introduction to the basic process and methods under the umbrella of digital soil mapping.
- SDJR is Over, Now What? - An update project using digital soil mapping methods in North Dakota.
- Digital Soil Mapping in Practice: Essex County, VT - An initial mapping project using digital soil mapping methods in Vermont.
- Soil Survey of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness - An initial mapping project using digital soil mapping methods in Minnesota.
- Exploring the Application of Machine Learning to Soil Datasets - Dr. Ramcharan provides an introduction to the methods and datasets used to produce the SoilGrids100 dataset.
- Check us out on Github at https://github.com/ncss-tech/dsm-focus offsite link image
- Job Aids – GIS and Digital Soil Mapping for Soil Survey
- Soil Survey Manual – Chapter 5. Digital Soil Mapping
Suzann Kienast-Brown, Soil Scientist (GIS Specialist), Bozeman, Montana Tom D’Avello, Soil Scientist, GRU, Morgantown, West Virginia Dr. James Thompson, Professor, WVU, Morgantown, West Virginia
