Advancing the Soil Map Analysis Program (SoilMAP) for Soil Survey
Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-13
Federal Agency: Natural Resources Conservation Service
Partner Institution: Oregon State University
Fiscal Year: 2006
Initial Funding: $165,485
Total Funding: $165,485
Project Type: Research
Project Disciplines: Physical
Principal Investigator: Noller, Jay
Agreement Technical Representative: Hempel, Jonathan
Abstract: Project enhances soil survey methods by developing a program for (1) mining existing geospatial databases, (2) deriving new information and spatial data sets relevant to mapping soils, (3) predicting the areal extent of known and potential new soil map units, (4) assessing accuracy of soil survey spacial data, and (5) managing soil survey teams. Project addresses one of the largest unmapped areas in the US–Malheur county in southeaster Oregon.