National Soil Maps (European Digital Archive of Soil Maps)

European Soil Data Center > Maps > National Soil Maps (EuDASM)

Background Information: European Digital Archive on Soil Maps of the World - EuDASM
Africa Collection: Navigate the DVD "Soil Maps of Africa " and Display Maps (2,010 maps )
Asia Collection: Navigate the DVD "Soil Maps of Asia" and Display Maps (961 maps)
Latin America and Caribbean islands Collection: Navigate the DVD "Latin America & Caribbean Islands" and Display Maps (1,074 maps)
Europe Soil Map Collection: Display more than 1000 soil maps of European union and other European Countries.
United States of America Soil Map Collection: Display more than 240 soil maps of United States of America (USA).
Canada Soil Map Collection: Display more than 65 soil maps of Canada.

A collection of scanned soil maps is available. The immediate objective is to transfer soil information into digital format, with the maximum resolution possible, to preserve the information of paper maps that are vulnerable to deterioration. Find below the list of countries and the number of maps. Click on the country name and the List of Soil Maps will be dispayed. The countries are sorted in an alphabetical order. You may wish to group the countries by Continent. Some of the digitised maps are georeferenced and you are invited to download the TIFF files.

Digital Archive of Soil Maps - Continent Coverages: 5, Number of Maps: 384

African continental coverage maps, 151

Asian continental coverage maps, 67

Central America - Continental Coverage, 4

Europe - Continental coverage, 96

South American - continental Coverage, 66

Digital Archive of Soil Maps - Number of Countries: 130, Number of Maps: 5665

Afghanistan, 105

Algeria, 25

Angola, 12

Argentina, 19

Austria, 8

Bahamas, 2

Bangladesh, 31

Belgium, 19

Belize, 2

Benin, 16

Bolivia, 11

Botswana, 51

Brazil, 320

Bulgaria, 8

Burkina Faso, 38

Burundi, 3

Cambodia, 1

Cameroon, 64

Canada, 65

Cape Verde, 10

Central African Republic, 13

Chad , 74

Chile, 34

China, 22

Colombia, 130

Comoros, 4

Congo , 10

Costa Rica, 13

Croatia, 5

Cuba, 29

Cyprus, 17

Czech Republic, 19

Denmark, 7

Dominican Republic, 5

Ecuador, 104

Egypt, 75

El Salvador, 8

Estonia, 1

Ethiopia, 49

Finland, 25

France, 33

French Guiana, 5

Gabon, 14

Gambia, 22

Germany, 273

Ghana, 76

Greece, 6

Guadeloupe, 3

Guatemala, 12

Guinea, 33

Guyana, 31

Honduras, 6

Hungary, 57

Iceland, 2

India, 87

Indonesia, 84

Iran, 78

Iraq, 22

Ireland, 13

Israel, 16

Italy, 166

Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire), 39

Jamaica, 1

Japan, 47

Kenya, 339

Korea, 13

Lebanon, 27

Lesotho, 16

Liberia, 4

Libya, 19

Luxembourg, 7

Madagascar, 41

Malawi, 10

Malaysia, 70

Mali, 34

Mauritania, 16

Mauritius, 3

Mexico, 48

Morocco, 23

Mozambique, 56

Namibia, 6

Netherlands, 351

Nicaragua, 15

Niger, 23

Nigeria, 180

Norway, 18

Oceania islands, 37

Pakistan, 12

Panama, 1

Papua New Guinea, 34

Paraguay, 6

Peru, 49

Philippines, 14

Poland, 32

Portugal, 33

Puerto Rico, 1

Reunion (French), 2

Romania, 32

Russian Federation, 97

Rwanda, 13

Saint Helena, 9

Senegal, 20

Seychelles, 4

Sierra Leone, 21

Slovakia, 19

Somalia, 22

South Africa, 69

Spain, 48

Sri Lanka, 46

Sudan, 30

Suriname, 115

Swaziland, 19

Sweden, 10

Syria, 16

Taiwan, 12

Tanzania , 101

Thailand, 99

Togo, 41

Tunisia, 26

Turkey, 27

Uganda, 14

Ukraine, 97

United Kingdom, 108

United States of America, 240

Uruguay, 18

Venezuela, 18

Vietnam, 25

Zaire, 6

Zambia, 60

Zimbabwe, 63

For further information or technical problems on the Digital Archive of Soil Maps , please contact Panos Panagos.

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Panos Panagos (tel. +39-0332-785574)