Comments on: General Soil Map of the United States http://www.gelib.com/general-soil-map-of-the-united-states.htm Interesting Things to do With Google Earth Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gary http://www.gelib.com/general-soil-map-of-the-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2489 Gary Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:58:30 +0000 http://www.gelib.com/?p=1446#comment-2489 You can get county datasets for entire US from USDA GeoSpatial Gateway or SoilDataMart. All soils products are from NRCS. Once on SoilDataMart you can get soils reports for a wide variety of soil characteristics. This is all free to the public and thanks to USDA for making these reources available. You can get county datasets for entire US from USDA GeoSpatial Gateway or SoilDataMart. All soils products are from NRCS. Once on SoilDataMart you can get soils reports for a wide variety of soil characteristics. This is all free to the public and thanks to USDA for making these reources available.

]]> By: topomatt http://www.gelib.com/general-soil-map-of-the-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2271 topomatt Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:01:58 +0000 http://www.gelib.com/?p=1446#comment-2271 Yes, the colors are arbitrary. Sorry, I do not have a color key. Yes, the colors are arbitrary. Sorry, I do not have a color key.

]]> By: John http://www.gelib.com/general-soil-map-of-the-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2268 John Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:09:50 +0000 http://www.gelib.com/?p=1446#comment-2268 Are the colors completely arbitrary? They aren't useful to me without a key, and if the colors are completely arbitrary it's very difficult to visually determine trends across the country. I'd like to be able to look at an area and say, "aha, this is soil type x, and it correlates roughly with these geographic features." This could really use a key/legend for the meaning of the colors. It's not very useful without it. Are the colors completely arbitrary? They aren’t useful to me without a key, and if the colors are completely arbitrary it’s very difficult to visually determine trends across the country. I’d like to be able to look at an area and say, “aha, this is soil type x, and it correlates roughly with these geographic features.”

This could really use a key/legend for the meaning of the colors. It’s not very useful without it.

]]> By: Topsoil Suppliers http://www.gelib.com/general-soil-map-of-the-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2240 Topsoil Suppliers Wed, 11 May 2011 07:44:15 +0000 http://www.gelib.com/?p=1446#comment-2240 The beauty of thechnology. Superb demonstration of how technology can help us understand more about the soil we have to work with. The beauty of thechnology. Superb demonstration of how technology can help us understand more about the soil we have to work with.

]]> By: topomatt http://www.gelib.com/general-soil-map-of-the-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1254 topomatt Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:38:34 +0000 http://www.gelib.com/?p=1446#comment-1254 Make sure to upgrade to Google Earth Version 6. Otherwise, polygons might not be clickable. Make sure to upgrade to Google Earth Version 6. Otherwise, polygons might not be clickable.

]]> By: Jared http://www.gelib.com/general-soil-map-of-the-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1253 Jared Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:44:16 +0000 http://www.gelib.com/?p=1446#comment-1253 Having trouble with the functionality of this feature. It worked perfectly the first time I opened it, but now will not allow me to click on the layer and display the soil data. The image with soil boundaries still appears, but it doesn't seem to be linking to the metadata. Any thoughts? Thanks. Having trouble with the functionality of this feature. It worked perfectly the first time I opened it, but now will not allow me to click on the layer and display the soil data. The image with soil boundaries still appears, but it doesn’t seem to be linking to the metadata. Any thoughts? Thanks.

]]> By: Dylan Beaudette http://www.gelib.com/general-soil-map-of-the-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1232 Dylan Beaudette Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:16:57 +0000 http://www.gelib.com/?p=1446#comment-1232 Nice work. Here is a related Google Earth application that displays SSURGO (detailed soil survey) data, along with graphical descriptions of soil profile information. http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/soil_web/kml/SoilWeb.kmz Cheers, Dylan Nice work. Here is a related Google Earth application that displays SSURGO (detailed soil survey) data, along with graphical descriptions of soil profile information.

http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/soil_web/kml/SoilWeb.kmz

Cheers,
Dylan

]]> By: topsoil http://www.gelib.com/general-soil-map-of-the-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1228 topsoil Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:41:56 +0000 http://www.gelib.com/?p=1446#comment-1228 Some great data here on soil. You can see how the constituents of the topsoil change from area to area.Brilliant Some great data here on soil. You can see how the constituents of the topsoil change from area to area.Brilliant

]]> By: David Hoover http://www.gelib.com/general-soil-map-of-the-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1225 David Hoover Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:54:29 +0000 http://www.gelib.com/?p=1446#comment-1225 Hi! Great display of NRCS soils data at this scale. I noticed that our agency has been given credit for the base data but since I always like to know our user base, can you tell me who assembled and posted this data? I'd like to get in touch and discuss methods. Thanks in advance and keep using soils data! Dave David Hoover National Leader for Soil Business Systems USDA-NRCS National Soil Survey Center Federal Building, Room 152, Mail Stop 32 100 Centennial Mall North Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3866 Hi!

Great display of NRCS soils data at this scale. I noticed that our agency has been given credit for the base data but since I always like to know our user base, can you tell me who assembled and posted this data? I’d like to get in touch and discuss methods.

Thanks in advance and keep using soils data!

Dave

David Hoover
National Leader for Soil Business Systems
USDA-NRCS National Soil Survey Center
Federal Building, Room 152, Mail Stop 32
100 Centennial Mall North
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3866

]]> By: JC http://www.gelib.com/general-soil-map-of-the-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-901 JC Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:43:50 +0000 http://www.gelib.com/?p=1446#comment-901 Wow this is great!! Wow this is great!!

]]> By: Ann http://www.gelib.com/general-soil-map-of-the-united-states.htm/comment-page-1#comment-900 Ann Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:17:56 +0000 http://www.gelib.com/?p=1446#comment-900 This is an absolutely amazing resource. People can really see what kind of soil they've got to work with. Thanks for posting this. <a href="http://thebestgardening.com/" rel="nofollow">Plant and Garden Information</a> This is an absolutely amazing resource. People can really see what kind of soil they’ve got to work with. Thanks for posting this. Plant and Garden Information

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