Applications - Services

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A number of mapping services have been developed in order to serve the public user. One Important component of European Soil Data Center is the Map Viewer which is a web-based application that allows the user to navigate the European Soil Database and other important data layers hosted in the European Soil Data Center(ESDAC).
The Map viewers have also been configured as Web Map Service (WMS), a feature that allows WMS clients to request map layers from the European Soil Portal which can then be combined with layers from other WMS servers, located in other parts of the world. In order to guarantee interoperability, the developed services are based on international standards, as promoted by the INSPIRE initiative.

European Soil Data Center MapViewer integrates the European Soil Database layers and some other soil layers in one single web-based application. The public user may navigate and select each of the:
- 70 layers of the European Soil Database;
- Important data layers described in the proposal for a framework Directive (COM(2006) 232);
- Data related to general Administrative issues (Ancillary Data) ;
- Layers from the European Forest Data Center (EFDAC).
The public user may interact through map operations and navigate in the proposed layers: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Pan, Identify, Select, Query, Download and Print.

SOMIS v2.0 allows navigating the European Soil Database;This map server publishes all the maps derived from attributes which are present in the Soil Geographical Database of Eurasia at scale 1:1,000,000 (version 4 beta) and the PedoTransfer Rules Data Base (version 2.0). These two databases are components of the European Soil Data Base (distribution version v2.0). It allows users to navigate the European Soils. All maps are dominant value maps.

Get the User Manual for SOMIS.

Web mapping applications that give access to data and information for specific soil themes (such as erosion, organic carbon content) and for projects which are currently running (such as MEUSIS, ECALP, Soil Profiles, Landform Classification, Void Distribution).

	Soil Erosion in Europe: Navigate in the Soil Erosion Data from the PESERA project. Soil erosion estimates (t/ha/yr) by applying the PESERA GRID model at 1km, using the European Soil Database, CORINE land cover, climate data from the MARS Project and a Digital Elevation Model. The resulting estimates of sediment loss are from erosion by water. The PESERA model produces results that depend crucially on land cover as identified by CORINE and the accuracy of the interpolated meteorological data. Get the Soil Erosion values by running the Pesera Flash Viewer.
	Organic Carbon in topsoils in Europe: Navigate in the Organic Carbon Content Data of the Organic carbon content (%) data in the surface horizon of soils in Europe. The data are in ESRI GRID format and are available as an ASCII raster file or in native ESRI GRID format. Get the Organic Carbon values by running the OCTOP Flash Viewer.
	MEUSIS (Multiscale EUropean Soil Information System): The Prototype of the Multiscale European Soil Information System (MEUSIS) is an application which allows the user to navigate in the Alpine Reference Grid. The objective of this application is to allow the user to navigate in a large Transboundary area by zooming in from upper scales towards more detailed data. .
	SRTM ver 4.0(Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission) and Data Void distribution: CIAT/JRC void filled data product using high resolution auxiliary datasets following methods published in Reuter et al. (2007). We define a void as an area over the land surface, which contains no data and is not a water body. Navigate SRTM and Void Data using the SRTM Data Voids Flash Viewer. More information may be found in the SRTM project site.
	Landform Classification: Relief analysis is a tool to analyse a landscape based on a Digital Elevation Model (DEM). The landform classification following Meybeck et al. (2001) presents relief classes, which are calculated based on the relief roughness. The landform classification following Iwahashi and Pike ( 2007) present relief classes which are classified using an unsupervised nested-means algorithms and a three part geometric signature.
	ECALP (Eco-pedological Map of the Alps): Navigate in the Alpine Area and view the Ecalp Data in the Pilot Areas with ECALP Map Server. The Ecalp Database has been implemented for the Pilot Areas according to the Inspire Reference Grid
	SPADE v2. Soil Profiles of Europe: Contains Soil Profile Data covering Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherland, Portugal, Scotland and Wales. The user can view soil profile data by clicking on the appropriate polygon.

Interoperability and Web Mapping Service (WMS) : In the Soils Portal, WMS services have been developed in the context of INSPIRE , compliant with INSPIRE principles and Open GIS Consortium standards. In practice, this means that the SOMIS (Soil database attribute), PESERA (Soil Erosion) and OCTOP (Organic Carbon), MEUSIS(Multiscape European soil Information System) layers can be viewed through any Web Mapping Service Client (WMS Standalone or Web viewer, ESRI ArcGIS). Metadata are also Available.

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