Digital soil mapping and GlobalSoilMap. Main advances and ways forward

• Published in: Geoderma Regional Vol. 21; p. e00265
• Main Authors: Arrouays, Dominique, Poggio, Laura, Salazar Guerrero, Osvaldo A., Mulder, Vera Laetitia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Achievements; Challenges; Digital soil mapping; Food and Agriculture Organization; GlobalSoilMap; Life Sciences; Multiple soil classes; prediction; soil map; soil properties; soil surveys; uncertainty; Working plans; Multiple soil classes; Digital soil mapping; Achievements; Challenges; GlobalSoilMap; Working plans; carte pédologique; soil map; cartographie numérique du sol; soil sciences; sciences du sol; cartographie numérique des sols
• ISSN: 2352-0094; 2352-0094
• DOI: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2020.e00265

In this concluding paper, we summarize the main advances coming forward from the joint conference of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) Working Groups (WG) “Digital Soil mapping” (DSM) and “GlobalSoilMap”. We outline the increased availability of data and covariates. Large efforts to re...