The book compiles the main ideas and methodologies that have been proposed and tested within these last fifteen years in the field of Digital Soil Mapping (DSM). Begining with current experiences of soil information system developments in various regions of the world, this volume presents states of the art of different topics covered by DSM: Conception and handling of soil databases, sampling methods, new soil spatial covariates, Quantitative spatial modelling, Quality assessment and representation of DSM outputs.
This book provides a solid support to students, researchers and engineers interested in modernising soil survey approaches with numerical techniques. It is also of great interest for potential soil data users.
- ISBN10 6610747326
- ISBN13 9786610747320
- Publish Date 1 January 2007 (first published 4 December 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 22 June 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Elsevier Science & Technology
- Format eBook
- Pages 658
- Language English