Transcript Web Soil Survey - Maryland Department of the Environment

Web Soil Survey
Lenore Matula Vasilas
USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service
What is Web Soil Survey?
• Web application that provides the user
electronic access to relevant soil and
related information needed to make use
and management decisions about the
land.
What Does Web Soil Survey Do?
• Provides alternative to traditional hardcopy
soil survey publications
• Provides means for quicker delivery of the
most current information
• Provides electronic access via a web site
to full soil survey report contents
• Allows users to get just the information
they want
Web Soil Survey Products
• Soil Map on Orthophoto background
• Soil Data Mart tables for map units in area
of interest
• Downloadable SSURGO data for use in
GIS system
• Standard Soil Survey Manuscript in .pdf
format
• Thematic Maps
• Customized Soil Resource Reports
Using Web Soil Survey
• soils.usda.gov