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Field Value

Title

NSW soil profiles

Abstract

Statewide dataset of soil profiles, comprising (at time of writing) ~73,000 separate observations of soil physical and chemical characteristics, along with (in most cases) information about the landscape in which they occur (including landform, geology, vegetation, hydrology, land use and land degradation). Data is added by both NSW Government agencies and members of the wider NSW community using standardised Soil Data Cards, an internet application called eDIRT and is stored in the NSW Soil and Land Information System (SALIS).

Online Maps: Part of this area is also covered by other soil mapping products, see the soil map index in eSPADE. eSPADE contains a suite of soil and landscape information including soil profile data. Many of these datasets have hot-linked soil reports. An alternative viewer is the SEED Map; an ideal way to see what other natural resources datasets (e.g. vegetation) are available for this map area.

Reference: NSW Soil and Land Information System (SALIS) database, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, MSQL 2012, accessed {insert date of access}.

Resource locator

Data quality statement

Name: Data quality statement

Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Description:

Download the data quality statement.

Function: download

Show on eSPADE Web Map

Name: Show on eSPADE Web Map

Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Description:

View dataset in eSPADE spatial viewer

Function: download

Connect to eDIRT

Name: Connect to eDIRT

Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Description:

Access the eDIRT system to add new data to the NSW Soil Profiles dataset

Function: download

Connect to SALIS

Name: Connect to SALIS

Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Description:

Access this dataset through the NSW Soil and Land Information System (SALIS) [requires a valid account]

Function: download

Soil map information

Name: Soil map information

Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Description:

Web page about soil maps in NSW.

Function: download

Land and soil information

Name: Land and soil information

Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Description:

Web page about land and soil information in NSW.

Function: download

Unique resource identifier

Code

f66743bf-d395-4ab2-be41-87eae5009acc

Presentation form

Map digital

Edition

2

Dataset language

English

Metadata standard

Name

ISO 19115

Edition

2016

Dataset URI

https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/f66743bf-d395-4ab2-be41-87eae5009acc

Purpose

To describe the physical and chemical characteristics of the soils of NSW and thereby aid in their conservation and sustainable use and management. This dataset fulfils a requirement of Part 2, 4C of the NSW Soil Conservation Act (1938) for the NSW Government to maintain a repository of information about the soils of NSW.

Status

On going

Spatial representation

Type

vector

Geometric Object Type

point

Geometric Object Count

73

Spatial reference system

Code identifying the spatial reference system

4283

Equivalent scale

1:None

Additional information source

This dataset uses attributes and values defined in both the eDIRT User Manual for the Digital Infield Regolith Tool (eDIRT) version 1.1, available at http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/edirtwebapp/app/views/helps/help.pdf and the Soil Data Entry Handbook, 3rd Edition (Milford et al. 2001), available at http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/soils/salissoildataentryhandbook.pdf. Both documents represent the State standard and are broadly compliant with the National standard as defined in the Australian Land and Soil Survey Field Handbook (McDonald et al. 1990). Approximately two thirds of the dataset is Publicly available and can be supplied outside the Department. The remainder of the dataset consists of Internal data (for Departmental use only) and Confidential data (held in confidence by the Department on behalf of its owner(s)).

Classification of spatial data and services

Field Value

Topic category

Keywords

Field Value

Keyword set

keyword value

SOIL

SOIL-Erosion

SOIL-Chemistry

SOIL-Physics

SOIL-Biology

Originating controlled vocabulary

Title

ANZLIC Search Words

Reference date

2008-05-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

141

East bounding longitude

154

North bounding latitude

-37.5

South bounding latitude

-28

Vertical extent information

Minimum value

-100

Maximum value

2228

Coordinate reference system

Authority code

urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG::

Code identifying the coordinate reference system

5711

Temporal extent

Begin position

1950-01-01

End position

N/A

Dataset reference date

Resource maintenance

Maintenance and update frequency

Continual

Contact info

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Quality and validity

Field Value

Lineage

This data set has resided in various databases with the following history of development. Originally data was stored in the NSW Soil Data System (SDS), an Informix SQL system introduced in 1988. Subsequently in 2000, the NSW SDS was succeeded by the first version of SALIS, a Centura client-server application with an Oracle Spatial database. This system was developed through successive versions over the next fifteen years, until its final iteration (SALIS 4) was replaced in 2015 by SALIS 5, a thin-client Microsoft .NET application over a Microsoft SQLserver database.

Constraints related to access and use

Field Value

Limitations on public access

Data Quality

Field Value

Scope

dataset

DQ Non Quantitative Attribute Correctness

Effective date

2014-12-14

Explanation

Audit of various attributes across the entire system pre system migration to SALIS 5.

Responsible organisations

Field Value

Responsible party

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Field Value

Metadata point of contact

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-26T13:47:43.072284

Metadata language