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The digital soil map of Wallonia (DSMW/CNSW)
Veron, Philippe; Bah, Boubacar Billo; Bracke, Charles et al.
2005In The International Cartographic Association (ICA-ACI) (Ed.) XXII International Cartographic Conference (ICC2005), A Coruña, Spain, 11-16 July 2005
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Keywords :
Digital soil map; Wallonia; DSMW/CNSW
Abstract :
[en] Based on the Belgian soil map at 1/20,000, this digital map of Wallonia (DSMW) is composed of a cartographic database describing the soil characteristics of the region. Tool for a better soil management, this database will be integrated in a geographical information system where the soil layer could be used in relation with information concerning other aspects of land development. The different operations include : map drawing finalization of non edited sheets, creation of an image layer, vectorial capture of source objects, building up of the topology, characterization of the objects, geometrical corrections, creation of a continuous layer (edge-matching), creation of a homogeneous legend, integration in a geodatabase. The DSMW in figures corresponds to : 16,000 km2; 600,000 soil polygons delimited by 15 million intermediate points (vertex); 6,000 pedological symbols; 700MB. The advantages of this computerized cartographic database are continuity, legibility, accessibility and many possibilities of thematic analyses.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Veron, Philippe
Bah, Boubacar Billo ;  Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux - FUSAGx > Unité-Sol-Écologie-Territoire > Laboratoire de Géopédologie
Bracke, Charles
Lejeune, Philippe ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Forêts, Nature et Paysage > Gestion des ressources forestières et des milieux naturels
Rondeux, Jacques ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Forêts, Nature et Paysage > Gestion des ressources forestières et des milieux naturels
Bock, Laurent ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences et technologie de l'environnement > Science du sol
Mokadem, Abdel Illah
Language :
English
Title :
The digital soil map of Wallonia (DSMW/CNSW)
Publication date :
July 2005
Event name :
XXII International Cartographic Conference at A Coruña
Event date :
du 11 juillet 2005 au 16 juillet 2005
Audience :
International
Main work title :
XXII International Cartographic Conference (ICC2005), A Coruña, Spain, 11-16 July 2005
Editor :
The International Cartographic Association (ICA-ACI)
ISBN/EAN :
0-958-46093-0
Pages :
8
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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