Soil Type

     

    Description

    The map was created in ArcView and clipped out using XV. The original classification of 200 soils in the source data was grouped into 6 categories with the help of an expert soil scientist. The neural net inputs were six different location grids, one for each soil class, and were generated in the grid module of ArcInfo using the RECLASS command.
    Source data=Soils geographical database of Europe at scale 1:1,000,000 version 3.2

    Comments

    1. Obviously soil type is related to agricultural landuse, vines grow better on sandy compared with cereals which grow better on heavier more loamy soils.
    2. Across the EU there is a wide range of different soils with different agricultural capabilities and associated crop suitability.
    3. The grouping of the 200 soils into a smaller number of categories could be unique for each type of landuse being predicted.
     
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