Soil Maps of Scotland (partial cover)

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Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
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27 June 2024
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Summary

This is the digital dataset which was created by digitising the Soils of Scotland 1:25,000 Soil maps and the Soils of Scotland 1:25,000 Dyeline Masters. The Soils of Scotland 1:25,000 Soil maps were the source documents for the production of the Soils of Scotland 1:63,360 and 1:50,000 published colour map series. The soil map units are based on Soil Associations, Soil Series and Phases which reflect parent material, major soil group, and major soil sub-groups, drainage and (for phases), texture, stoniness, land use, rockiness, topography and organic matter. Phases are not always mapped. In general terms this dataset primarily covers the cultivated land of Scotland but also includes some adjacent upland areas and the Island of Mull and the Ardnamurchan peninsula. While all of the available source documents for this map series have been digitised, additional areas mapped at higher resolution for specific purposes have not been digitised. Should there be a requirement for other areas to be captured, the Internal Contact should be contacted in the first instance. Attribute definitions: The attributes on each map (coverage) are specific to that map sheet, but in general terms the following categories are mapped: soil association, soil series, parent material, soil complexes, soil phases, skeletal soils, alluvial soils, organic soils, miscellaneous soils, mixed bottom land, built-up area, quarries/disturbed ground, collieries/bings, golf courses.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2024-06-27
Access contraints
no limitations on public access
Harvest GUID
9b16b1cb-ed65-4864-a360-43fa7f038500
Extent
Latitude: 60.87° to 54.63°
Longitude: -8.80° to -0.71°
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)
Dataset reference date
1981-01-01 (creation)
Frequency of update
irregular
Responsible party
The James Hutton Institute (custodian, processor)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
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Licence information

This data was produced at a scale of 1:25,000. Smaller scale data is available for the whole of Scotland. Use is permitted under the terms of the Open Data licence included in the download.