Estonian Soil Map
The digital soil map of Estonia was produced at the scale
1:10 000
in the coordinate system of Lambert-EST. The available
maps at the scale 1:5000 were reduced and generalized to correspond the scale
1:10 000. Original graphic data, i.e. the digital soil map, is in DGN format and
the soil database in MS Access. The designed GIS-interface allows different
queries, calculations of soil areas according to soil properties, making of soil
explications, etc. The Estonian Land Board needs the Estonian Soil Map mostly
for land valuation purposes. Other users include the Ministry of Agriculture,
agricultural advisers, forest managers, etc. The project was initiated in 1997
and the works were outsourced through public tendering. The data
covers the whole territory of Estonia except the land of towns and
settlements, the total covered area is 43300 km². The data (graphical and
attributes) is also loaded into Oracle spatial database and can be used as a
background map in the Cadastral Information System. Since the end of the project in year 2000,
no map updates have been produced. Data is available in following vector formats: MicroStation DGN + Access database MDB, MapInfo TAB, ESRI Shape. There are total of 2045 sheets (5*5km each).
Contact person: Tanel Hurt | 
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