About

This set of pages attempts to catalogue all freely-downloadable primary soils information, other than ISRIC-produced information, usable in a GIS either as ‘points’, lines, polygons or grids (‘rasters’). It (mostly) does not include scans or images, because they can’t be used in a GIS without digitizing.

This compilation has been maintained first at University of Twente/ITC (1997-2014), then at Cornell University (2014-2017), and since then at ISRIC by guest researcher David G. Rossiter.

Looking for ISRIC’s data products? Click here. These include the SoilGrids 250m predictive maps of soil properties and classes, their generalizations to 1km and 5km resolutions, the WoSIS Soil Profile Database, and the WISE v3.1 harmonized Global Soil Profile Dataset, as well as many products from continental (Africa, Europe), national, regional and project studies.

Information outdated or missing? Please do not hesitate to contact us:

Contact: David G. Rossiter