Procedures for compiling a soil and terrain database according to SOTER conventions

This document was prepared in the framework of ISRIC’s Community of Practice for soil information providers. It provides a compilation of resources required to compile a Soil and Terrain (SOTER) database at (sub)national scale using existing resources (i.e., no new field work is assumed . More detailed information on the various steps required for compiling the spatial (geographic) and attribute component of a SOTER database is provided in the cited documentation. Most of the materials cited here were created in the framework of the SOTER programme and related EU-projects. SOTER databases are typically compiled in the framework of international projects.