[Location: Location_Category='CONTINENT', Location_Type='ASIA', Location_Subregion1='EASTERN ASIA']
The Soil Maps of Asia (EuDASM)
Entry ID: ISRIC_EuDASM_Asia

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Summary
Abstract: The Institute of Environment and Sustainability (JRC-IES) in the European Commission and ISRIC - World Soil Information initiated the European Digital Archive of Soil Maps (EuDASM) in 2004, realizing the urgency to conserve the information on existing soil maps at regional-, national and global scale (see: http://eusoils.jrc.it/esdb_archive/EuDASM/indexes/about.htm).

The 1000+ maps for Asia in this EuDASM collection were scanned from ISRIC's World Data Centre for Soils holdings; maps are presented full scale, with thumbnail pictures and meta-data to permit user-friendly navigation.
Related URL
Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: View EuDASM project home page; provides information about EuDASM, publications and access to soil maps.

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: Access EuDASM maps through the ISRIC - World Soil Library.
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Caption:  EuDASM data for Asia
Description:  The maps from the ISRIC Asia collection, more than 1000, were scanned using a CONTEX Wide format colour scanner (FSC 6040 CHROMA). The scanned maps were stored at 150-200 dpi in JPEG compressed format. Further processing of the digital maps was carried out using Adobe Photoshop 7.0

 
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 80.0   S: -15.0   E: 165.0   W: 15.0
Min Altitude: 0 Max Altitude: 8500

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Selvarajdou S-K, Montanarella L, Spaargaren O and Dent D
Dataset Title: EuDASM - Soil maps of Asia
Dataset Release Date: 20051001
Dataset Release Place: Luxembourg
Dataset Publisher: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Data Presentation Form: jpg-format
Other Citation Details: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Online Resource: http://eusoils.jrc.it/esdb_archive/EuDASM/asia/index.htm
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1950-01-01
Stop Date: 2005-12-31
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: Includes small scale (< 1:1 000 000) and detailed (> 1:20 000) maps
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Project
Quality The data set's lineage (and citation) is described in:
Selvarajdou S-K, Montanarella L, Spaargaren O and Dent D 2005. European Digital Archive of Soil Maps (EuDASM): Soil maps of Asia. EUR 21823 EN, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg (http://eusoils.jrc.it/ESDB_Archive/eusoils_docs/other/EUR21820.pdf)
Access Constraints ISRIC kindly requests that you send us two reprints of any publication that uses data received from ISRIC World Soil Information. This will help us to determine the type and level of use of the data we distribute.
Use Constraints See: http://eusoils.jrc.it/esdb_archive/EuDASM/indexes/about.htm
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
JRC-IES, European Commission (Italy), and ISRIC – World Soil Information
Data Center
World Data Center for Soils, ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.isric.org
Dataset ID: ISRIC_EuDASM_Asia

Data Center Personnel
Name: NIELS H. BATJES
Phone: +31-317-471700
Email: niels.batjes at wur.nl
Contact Address:
ISRIC - World Soil Information (World Data Center for Soils)
P.O. Box 353
City: Wageningen
Postal Code: 6700 AJ
Country: The Netherlands
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Distribution
Distribution Media: Internet (downloadable data )
Distribution Format: jpg
Fees: n/a
Personnel
PANOS PANAGOS
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 0039-0332-785574
Email: panos.panagos at jrc.ec.europa.eu
Contact Address:
E. fermi 2749
City: Ispra
Country: Italy
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Publications/References
Selvarajdou S-K, Montanarella L, Spaargaren O and Dent D 2005. European Digital Archive of Soil Maps (EuDASM): Soil maps of Asia. EUR 21823 EN, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg (http://eusoils.jrc.it/ESDB_Archive/eusoils_docs/other/EUR21820.pdf)
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2007-08-09
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-08-30

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