Soil mapping, classification, and pedologic modeling: History and future directions

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 264; pp. 256 - 274
• Main Authors: Brevik, Eric C., Calzolari, Costanza, Miller, Bradley A., Pereira, Paulo, Kabala, Cezary, Baumgarten, Andreas, Jordán, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.02.2016
• Subjects: energy; food security; geographic information systems; geophysics; geostatistics; global positioning systems; human health; instrumentation; land use planning; land valuation; remote sensing; soil classification; soil properties; soil surveys; spatial data; taxes; water security

Soil mapping, classification, and pedologic modeling have been important drivers in the advancement of our understanding of soil from the earliest days of the scientific study of soils. Soil maps were desirable for purposes of land valuation for taxation, agronomic planning, and even in military ope...