EEA geospatial data catalogue
European soil database (ESDB), Dominant STU rasters (Soil Topologycal Units) - version 2.0, May 2006
The European Soil Database (ESDB) contains four discrete datasets: - the Soil Geographical Database of Eurasia at scale 1:1,000,000 (SGDBE) - the Pedotransfer Rules Database (PTRDB) - the Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europa (SPADBE) - the Database of Hydraulic Properties of European Soils (HYPRES) This 1km x 1km raster version release of the database is freely available to the public and contains a 1km raster version of the vector based soil geometry (which is part of the SGDBE).
Raster values have been derived using the "features to raster" tool in the Spatial Analyst extension of ArcGIS, the feature layer being a shapefile created from the SGDBE geometrical database to which attributes from SGDBE and PTRDB have been linked according to the "dominant STU" principle for the "dominant STU" rasters.
Dominant STU principle: For each SMU (Soil Mapping Unit): a “dominant STU” is associated. (“dominant” in terms of % of area). The value of a soil attribute A (e.g. depth-to-rock) for this SMU would be the value that A has within that dominant STU.
The attributes are described at:
http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ESDB_Archive/raster_archive/SG_attr.htm
http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ESDB_Archive/raster_archive/pt_attr.htm
This metadata record is adapted from the orginal one received from JRC.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2006-05-31
- Edition
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2.0
- Citation identifier
- jrc_r_3035_1_km_esdb-dom-stu_2001-2006_rev02
- Status
- Obsolete
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
Spatial resolution
- Spatial resolution
- 1 km
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
Extent
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Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2001-01-01 2006-05-31
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Soil
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- GEMET
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soil
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- EEA topics
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Soil
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Resource constraints
- Use limitation
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Notification regarding these data:
The ESDB data were developed in collaboration with the European Soil Bureau Network, which holds a joint copyright to the data with the European Commission. The DG-JRC, on behalf of the Commission, and the European Soil Bureau Network, do not accept any liability whatsoever for any error, missing data or omissions in the data, or for any loss or damage arising from its use. The DG JRC, on behalf of the Commission, agrees to provide the data free of charge but is not bound to justify the content and values contained in the databases.
The user agrees to:
a) Make proper reference to the source of the data when disseminating the results to which this agreement relates;
b) Participate in the verification of the data (e.g. by noting and reporting any errors or omissions discovered to the JRC).
Reference of source (Citations) :
Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L. European Soil Data Centre: Response to European policy support and public data requirements. (2012) Land Use Policy, 29 (2), pp. 329-338. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.003
ESDBv2 Raster Library - a set of rasters derived from the European Soil Database distribution v2.0 (published by the European Commission and the European Soil Bureau Network, CD-ROM, EUR 19945 EN); Marc Van Liedekerke, Arwyn Jones, Panos Panagos ; 2006.
Panagos Panos. The European soil database (2006) GEO: connexion, 5 (7), pp. 32-33.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Additional Information
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Database Field: Description
AGLI1NNI: Dominant limitation to agricultural use (without no information).
AGLI2NNI: Secondary limitation to agricultural use (without no information).
AGLIM1: Code of the most important limitation to agricultural use of the STU.
AGLIM2: Code of a secondary limitation to agricultural use of the STU.
ALT: Elevation
ATC: Accumulated temperature class.
AWC_SUB: Subsoil available water capacity.
AWC_TOP: Topsoil available water capacity.
BS_SUB: Base saturation of the subsoil.
BS_TOP: Base saturation of the topsoil.
CEC_SUB: Subsoil cation exchange capacity.
CEC_TOP: Topsoil cation exchange capacity.
CRUSTING: Soil crusting class.
DGH: Depth to a gleyed horizon.
DIFF: Soil profile differentiation.
DIMP: Depth to an impermeable layer.
DR: Depth to rock.
EAWC_SUB: Subsoil easily available water capacity.
EAWC_TOP: Topsoil easily available water capacity.
ERODI: Soil erodibility class.
FAO85FU: Full soil code of the STU from the 1974 (modified CEC 1985) FAO-UNESCO Soil Legend
FAO90FU: Full soil code of the STU from the 1990 FAO-UNESCO Soil Legend.
HG: Hydrogeological class.
IL: Code for the presence of an impermeable layer within the soil profile of the STU.
MIN: Profile mineralogy.
MIN_SUB: Subsoil mineralogy.
MIN_TOP: Topsoil mineralogy.
OC_TOP: Topsoil organic carbon content.
PARMATDO: Code for dominant parent material of the STU.
PARMATSEC: Code for secondary parent material of the STU.
PD_SUB: Subsoil packing density.
PD_TOP: Topsoil packing density.
PEAT: Peat.
PHYSCHIM: Physi-chemical factor of soil crusting & erodibility.
PMH: Parent material hydrogeological type.
ROO: Depth class of an obstacle to roots within the STU.
SLOPEDO: Dominant slope class of the STU.
SLOPESE: Secondary slope class of the STU.
STR_SUB: Subsoil structure.
STR_TOP: Topsoil structure.
TD: Rule infered subsoil 3.
TEXT: Dominant surface textural class (completed from dominant STU).
TXTCRUST: Textural factor of soil crusting.
TXTDEPCHG: Depth class to a textural change of the dominant and/or secondary surface 3 of the STU.
TXTEROD: Textural factor of soil erodibility.
TXTSRFDO: Dominant surface textural class of the STU.
TXTSRFSE: Secondary surface textural class of the STU.
TXTSUBDO: Dominant sub-surface textural class of the STU.
TXTSUBSE: Secondary sub-surface textural class of the STU.
USE: Regrouped land use class.
USEDO: Code for dominant land use of the STU.
USESE: Code for secondary land use of the STU.
VS: Volume of stones
WM1: Code for normal presence and purpose of an existing water management system in agricultural land on more than 50% of the STU.
WM2: Code for the type of an existing water management system.
WR: Dominant annual average soil water regime class of the soil profile of the STU.
WRBFU: Full soil code of the STU from the World Reference Base (WRB) for Soil Resources.
ZMAX: Maximum elevation above sea level of the STU (in metres).
ZMIN: Minimum elevation above sea level of the STU (in metres).
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Report
Result
- Title
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
- Code
- EPSG:3035
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 41d55e8f-4fcf-41f9-8d97-14613fcd1f9c
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/41d55e8f-4fcf-41f9-8d97-14613fcd1f9c
- Date info (Creation)
- 2013-01-21T18:33:37Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T10:47:06.615812Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115/19139
- Edition
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1.0
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