Identification

Title

Soil World Reference Base, Scotland WMS

Abstract

In order to generate a soil map of Scotland using the WRB soil classification system, the dominant soil taxonomic unit in each 1:250 000 scale soil map units were classified according to the diagnostic criteria laid out in WRB 2007 (IUSS Working Group WRB, 2007) and following the updated procedures for constructing small scale map legends (IUSS Working Group WRB, 2010). As the intention was to produce a map at a notional scale of 1:1 000 000, the soils were classified to the level of the Reference Soil Group and two qualifiers. Boorman, D.B., Hollis, J.M and Lilly, A. 1995. Hydrology of soil types: a hydrologically-based classification of the soils of the United Kingdom. Institute of Hydrology Report No.126. Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford. IUSS Working Group WRB. 2007. World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2006, first update 2007. World Soil Resources Reports No. 103. FAO, Rome. IUSS Working Group WRB. 2010. Addendum to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources: Guidelines for constructing small-scale map legends using the World Reference Base for Soil Resources. FAO, Rome. Soil Survey of Scotland Staff. (1981). Soil maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Resource type

service

Resource locator

http://druid.hutton.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GSSOIL_WRB/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

name: Soil World Reference Base View Service

description: Soil World Reference Base View Service for Scotland

Unique resource identifier

code

WRB_Scotland

codeSpace

Coupled resource

http://scotgovsdi.edina.ac.uk/srv/en/csw?service=CSW&request=GetRecordById&version=2.0.2&outputSchema=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd&elementSetName=full&id=8defc52f-3d96-4a99-b2d2-214eeff3f8ea

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

Spatial data service type

view

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

WRB

Keyword set

keyword value

Soil

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

infoMapAccessService

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-04-22

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.8

East bounding longitude

-0.71

North bounding latitude

60.87

South bounding latitude

54.63

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1981-01-01

End position

2012-01-01

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-01-02

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

true

explanation

See the referenced specification

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

1.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no limitations to public access

Constraint set

Use constraints

The James Hutton Institute Open Data Licence

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Chief Executive

organisation name

The James Hutton Institute

full postal address

Craigiebuckler

Aberdeen

AB15 8QH

Scotland

telephone number

facsimile number

email address

colin.campbell@hutton.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

contact position

Senior Research Scientist

organisation name

The James Hutton Institute

full postal address

Craigiebuckler

Aberdeen

AB15 8QH

telephone number

facsimile number

email address

david.donnelly@hutton.ac.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Senior Research Scientist

organisation name

The James Hutton Institute

full postal address

Craigiebuckler

Aberdeen

AB15 8QH

Scotland

telephone number

facsimile number

email address

david.donnelly@hutton.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2017-12-12

Metadata language