Abstract: The European Soil Database (ESDB) is the main source of information from which
most other data information and services are derived. For instance, the
European Soil Database v2 Raster Library contains raster (grid) data files with
cell sizes of both 1km x 1km and 10km x 10km for a large number of soil related
parameters. The 10km x 10km rasters are in the public domain access and allow
expert ... users to use the data for instance to run soil, water and air related
models. The 1km x 1km rasters are available after a prior registration. The
grids fit with ideas from INSPIRE to develop nested systems for reporting and
updating European soil data at different scales, according to a hierarchy of
grids with a common point of origin and standardized location and size of grid
cells.

[Summary provided by the European Union Joint Research Center.]