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

Soils and Terrain Databases (SOTER) is a standardised approach to build a database in preparation of a Soil Map for an area. The approach has been developed at the start of this century and is still in use in various regions. This report describes the approach in full detail.

A summary of the approach has been prepared by Niels Batjes for the community of practice, 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.