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Electronic Delivery of Soil Survey Information for Alabama

Electronic Delivery of Soil Survey Information for Alabama. September 23, 2004. Progression of Soil Survey Info (tabular & spatial) : 1) Soil Data Warehouse (SDW) 2) Soil Data Mart (SDM). Progression of Soil Survey Data to the Soil Data Mart. SDW / SDM Purpose:.

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Electronic Delivery of Soil Survey Information for Alabama

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  1. Electronic Delivery of Soil Survey Informationfor Alabama September 23, 2004

  2. Progression of Soil Survey Info (tabular & spatial):1) Soil Data Warehouse (SDW)2) Soil Data Mart (SDM)

  3. Progression of Soil Survey Data to the Soil Data Mart

  4. SDW / SDM Purpose: • Provide a single point of delivery of official soil survey data & information for • NRCS eFOTG • SSURGO • Customer Service Toolkit/Soil Data Viewer • Technical Service Providers • General public • Computer Models • Provide national coverage

  5. SDW / SDM Content: • Tabular data (soil chemical & physical data; interpretations) • Digitized spatial data (SSURGO) • soil polygons; soil survey area boundaries • Federal Geographic Data Committee compliant metadata file • Data available for partial Soil Survey Area (SSA) or whole SSA • Data certified by Alabama State Soil Scientist

  6. Function ofSoil Data Warehouse • Houses current and archived versions of official data (tabular & spatial) • State Office use only

  7. Function ofSoil Data Mart • Provides access to only the “current” version of official data • Web accessible • Linked to eFOTG (by 12/31/04)

  8. Features of Soil Data Mart • Generate standard reports • Choose selected map units, or whole SSA • Download spatial and/or tabular data via ftp • Download MS Access database template for tabular data • national or state-specific

  9. SDW / SDM Timeline: • Re-certify existing SSURGO • Load remaining SSA data • Link eFOTG Sec. II to SDM By 12/31/04

  10. Notification of Posting to SDM: • FO, RSS, MLRA-PL will be notified by letter when tabular/spatial data is posted to SDM • “Subscribe” at SDM to be notified of updates

  11. Posted to SDM as of 9/14/04

  12. How to Access Soil Data Mart: • http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/ • http://soils.usda.gov/ • Through eFOTG (Sec. II – Soils)

  13. Select a State

  14. Select a County or SSA

  15. Select a SSA

  16. To Generate Soil Reports:

  17. Generate Reports:Select Map Units & Report

  18. Example of a Soil Report:

  19. “Subscribe” to be notified of updates:

  20. Fill out info to Subscribe:

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