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In the context of INSPIRE it is expected that exchange of soil related data at regional, national and European level will happen in a grid- or raster-like fashion. The basis for such work is the availability of standard or reference grids in a common co-ordinate system with fixed cell sizes and common cell coding. A proposal for such grids has been adopted during the European Reference Grids Workshop, held at Ispra (October 2003).
The LMNH Unit has implemented this proposal and created a number of reference grids for the EU25 countries, with cell sizes of 1km and 10km. Each cell carries a unique cell_id identifier compliant to the grid proposal. All grids are in the ESRI polygon shapefile format. The co-ordinate system is the ETRS LAEA system proposed by INSPIRE and is embedded in the shapefiles.
1km x 1km Reference Grids
The 25 1km x 1km reference grids for each of the EU25 countries are the following:
| Reference Grid / Country | No of Rows | No of Cols | Size (MB) | Preview Raster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 350 |
650 |
6 |
 |
| Belgium | 300 |
350 |
3 |
 |
| Cyprus | 180 |
200 |
1 |
 |
| Czech_Republic | 350 |
550 |
5 |
 |
| Denmark | 400 |
550 |
6 |
 |
| Estonia | 300 |
400 |
3 |
 |
| Finland | 1250 |
750 |
24 |
 |
| France | 1150 |
1100 |
32 |
 |
| Germany | 950 |
700 |
17 |
 |
| Greece | 850 |
1000 |
23 |
 |
| Hungary | 400 |
550 |
6 |
 |
| Ireland | 450 |
400 |
4 |
 |
| Italy | 1200 |
1100 |
34 |
 |
| Latvia | 300 |
500 |
4 |
 |
| Lithuania | 300 |
400 |
3 |
 |
| Luxembourg | 150 |
100 |
0.5 |
 |
| Malta | 40 |
50 |
0.1 |
 |
| Netherlands | 350 |
300 |
3 |
 |
| Poland | 700 |
800 |
15 |
 |
| Portugal | 600 |
400 |
6 |
 |
| Slovakia | 250 |
450 |
3 |
 |
| Slovenia | 250 |
300 |
2 |
 |
| Spain | 940 |
1100 |
27 |
 |
| Sweden | 1600 |
650 |
26 |
 |
| UK | 1300 |
700 |
23 |
 |
(July 2009) Lately, in the context of soil data collection through EIONET, an extended set of Reference Grids have been generated for 39 EIONET member countries (including EU-27), with grids clipped along the country border. These grids are available from Country Grids.
10km x 10km Reference Grids
The 25 10km x 10km reference grids for all EU25 countries have been zipped into one file: Grids for single EU25 Countries ETRS_LAEA_10k (3MB)
Other Reference Grids
For the convenience of and reference to the user, also the following data are available:
- One Single 10km x 10km reference grid covering all EU25 countries : grid_eu25_etrs_laea_10k
- One Single 100km x 100km reference grid covering all EU25 countries : grid_eu25_etrs_laea_100k
- A shapefile containing countries of Eurasia : Eurasia_countries
- Examples of Regional Reference Grids : Alpine Reference Grids (in the context of the Ecalp Project)
- Examples of grids aligned with the Reference Grids:
- ESDBv2 Raster Library - 10km x 10km (ETRS_LAEA version)
- Pesera Data (European Soil Erosion Data)
- Organic Carbon Data
- Reference Grids of 1kmx1km for the Italian Regions in the context of SIAS project
For further information on these grid data, please contact Marc Van Liedekerke.
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