Inspire View Service: Soil Geological Map of the State of Brandenburg 1: 300 000 (WMS-SO-BUEK300)

The Interoperable INSPIRE Display Service (WMS) Soil (Soil Geological Map of the State of Brandenburg 1: 300 000) contains the first use-independent soil geological map, which is available nationwide for Brandenburg (BÜK300). The map provides an overview of essential soils and is the basis for concrete tasks such as land, soil protection or spatial planning at the state level. The legend is structured according to substrate characteristics and consists of 99 units in which the guide floor mould societies are represented. The surface soil shapes that characterise them were covered by chemical and physical parameters, which are stored in a surface soil mould archive. This makes it possible to access the data of the digital card using different evaluation methods [AG-ground (2005): Ground-scientific carting instructions. — 5th edition, Hannover]. Further information is available at http://www.geo.brandenburg.de/ows/htdocs/Bodenuebersichtskarte.html and http://www.geo.brandenburg.de/lbgr/boden_gru. In addition, selected profile recording points are shown in detail. According to the INSPIRE data specification Soil (D2.8.III.3_v3.0), the contents of the floor map are INSPIRE-compliant. The WMS includes the following layers: — SO.ObservedSoilProfile.SoilPlot: Contains information on the code list WRB Reference Soil Group (first level of classification according to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources) and the code list otherSoilName. For this code list, any values defined by data providers are permitted) and information on the purpose of soil analysis. — SO.SoilBody.WRB: Contains information about the code list WRB Reference Soil Group (first level of classification according to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources) via the DerivedSoilProfile. — The compliant INSPIRE view service (WMS) Soil (Soil Geological Map of the State of Brandenburg 1: 300 000) represents the first use-independent soil geological map that is available for Brandenburg (BÜK300). The map provides an overview of essential soils and, with its evaluations, is the basis for specific tasks such as soil protection or spatial planning at state level. The legend is structured according to substrate characteristics and consists of 99 units in which the main soil groups are shown. All soils were characterised with chemical and physical parameters. This makes it possible to access the data of the digital map with different evaluation methods. Further information are provided at http://www.geo.brandenburg.de/ows/htdocs/Bodenuebersichtskarte.html and http://www.geo.brandenburg.de/lbgr/boden_gru. In addition, selected soil profiles are presented in detail. The content of the soil map is compliant to the INSPIRE data specification for the annex theme Geology (D2.8.III.3_v3.0). The WMS includes the following layers: — SO.ObservedSoilProfile.SoilPlot: contains information about the WRB Reference Soil Group (i.e. first level of classification of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources) and information about the codelist otherSoilName (Identification according to a further soil systematic or — classification scheme), and information about the soil investigation purpose. — SO.SoilBody.WRB: contains information about the WRB Reference Soil Group (i.e. first level of classification of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources).