Evaluating Digital Soil Mapping approaches for mapping GlobalSoilMap soil properties from legacy data in Languedoc-Roussillon (France)

• Published in: Geoderma Regional Vol. 4; pp. 20 - 30
• Main Authors: Vaysse, K., Lagacherie, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2015; Elsevier
• Subjects: carbon; clay; climate; Digital Soil Mapping; Environmental Sciences; France; GlobalSoilMap.net; infrastructure; Kriging; Legacy soil survey; Life Sciences; Mediterranean region; Random forest; sand; silt; soil depth; soil profiles; soil properties; soil surveys; spatial data; texture; variance; France; Mediterranean region; Digital Soil Mapping; GlobalSoilMap.net; Random forest; Legacy soil survey; Mediterranean region; France; Kriging; mediterranean region; globalSoilMap.net; digital Soil Mapping; kriging; france; random forest; legacy soil survey

Digital Soil Mapping is becoming increasingly operational because of shared approaches, clear specifications (e.g., GlobalSoilMap) and more “practical” applications across the planet. In a 27,236km2 French region located in the Northern Mediterranean area, this study evaluated four well-known Digita...