European digital archive on soil maps (EuDASM): preserving important soil data for public free access
European digital archive on soil maps (EuDASM): preserving important soil data for public free access
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DOI：
10.1080/17538947.2011.596580
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Kumar, P. S. Senthil
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作者：
Panagos, Panos;Jones, Arwyn;Kumar, P. S. Senthil
历史土壤调查纸质地图是支持土壤保护和促进可持续土地利用做法的战略的宝贵资源，特别是在往往缺少数字土壤信息的发展中国家。然而，许多土壤图，特别是发展中国家的土壤图，都保存在传统档案中，潜在用户不易获得。此外，这些文件中有许多已经有50多年的历史，而且开始老化。联合研究中心（JRC）和ISRIC-世界土壤信息基金会认识到保存这些信息的必要性，因此创建了欧洲土壤图数字档案（EuDASM），通过该档案，公众可以通过互联网访问ISRIC的所有存档纸质地图。当前的目标是将纸质土壤图转换为尽可能高分辨率的数字格式，并确保其保存和易于披露。已收集了来自135个国家的6 000多幅地图，并通过方便用户的网络界面免费提供给用户。最初的反馈非常积极，特别是来自非洲、南美洲和亚洲用户的反馈，向这些用户提供了存档的土壤图，而且往往是第一次。网址：http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/library/maps/country_maps/list_countries.cfm
Historical soil survey paper maps are valuable resources that underpin strategies to support soil protection and promote sustainable land use practices, especially in developing countries where digital soil information is often missing. However, many of the soil maps, in particular those for developing countries, are held in traditional archives that are not easily accessible to potential users. Additionally, many of these documents are over 50 years old and are beginning to deteriorate. Realising the need to conserve this information, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the ISRIC-World Soil Information foundation have created the European Digital Archive of Soil Maps (EuDASM), through which all archived paper maps of ISRIC has been made accessible to the public through the Internet. The immediate objective is to transfer paper-based soil maps into a digital format with the maximum possible resolution and to ensure their preservation and easy disclosure. More than 6,000 maps from 135 countries have been captured and are freely available to users through a user-friendly web-based interface. Initial feedback has been very positive, especially from users in Africa, South America and Asia to whom archived soil maps were made available to local users, often for the first time. Link: http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/library/maps/country_maps/list_countries.cfm