Wilson, A.D. 1979: Soil Map of Piako County, North Island, New Zealand.
Alternate Title
Part of N.Z. Soil Survey Report 39.
Date
Date
Date
Edition
Version 1.1
Edition Date
Date Time
1979
Cited Responsible Party
Responsible Party
Individual Name
Peter F J Newsome
Organisation Name
Landcare Research NZ Ltd
Position Name
GIS Coordinator
Contact Info
Contact
Phone
Telephone
Voice
+64 6 356 7154
Facsimile
+64 6 355 9230
Address
Address
Delivery Point
Private Bag 11 052
City
Palmerston North
Country
nz
Electronic Mail Address
NewsomeP@LandcareResearch.co.nz
Cited Responsible Party
Responsible Party
Individual Name
E. Janice Willoughby
Organisation Name
Landcare Research NZ Ltd
Position Name
GIS operator
Contact Info
Contact
Phone
Telephone
Voice
+64 6 356 7154
Facsimile
+64 6 355 9230
Address
Address
Delivery Point
Private Bag 11 052
City
Palmerston North
Country
nz
Electronic Mail Address
Willoughbyj@LandcareResearch.co.nz
Abstract
The dataset contains polygons of soils of Piako County mapped at 1:63 360. The attributes contain the soil series and the soil classification. No analytical properties of the soil are included.
Point Of Contact
Responsible Party
Individual Name
Peter F J Newsome
Organisation Name
Landcare Research NZ Ltd
Position Name
GIS Coordinator
Contact Info
Contact
Phone
Telephone
Voice
+64 6 356 7154
Facsimile
+64 6 355 9230
Address
Address
Delivery Point
Private Bag 11 052
City
Palmerston North
Country
nz
Electronic Mail Address
NewsomeP@LandcareResearch.co.nz
Descriptive Keywords
Keywords
Keyword
Soil, Land Resource, Soil Conservation, Land Management, Land Planning
Descriptive Keywords
Keywords
Keyword
Piako County, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
Descriptive Keywords
Keywords
Keyword
Soil science
Resource Constraints
Constraints
Use Limitation
These data were mapped at 1:63 360 and should not be used at scales greater than this.
Use Limitation
As soil variabliity is usually very high, the polygons in this map are not necessarily pure and so may contain inclusions of other known, and variants of unknown soils.
Representative Fraction
Denominator
Integer
63360
Language
eng
Topic Category Code
farming
Topic Category Code
environment
Topic Category Code
geoscientificInformation
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
Extent
EX _ Extent
Geographic Element
EX _ Geographic Bounding Box
175.370767175.905242-37.86338-37.412964
Distribution Info
Distribution
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor Contact
Responsible Party
Individual Name
GIS Coordinator
Organisation Name
Landcare Research
Position Name
GIS Coordinator
Distribution Order Process
Standard Order Process
Fees
A delivery fee plus a data management fee/royalty for commercial use.
Ordering Instructions
Mail, Fax, E-mail the distributor, stating the extent of the required data and the nature of the intended use.
Turnaround
2 working weeks
Distributor Format
Format
Name
Shapefile
Version
ArcGIS 8.3
Distributor Transfer Options
Digital Transfer Options
Transfer Size
Real
1.016
Transfer Options
Digital Transfer Options
On Line
Online Resource
Linkage
URL
https://lris.scinfo.org.nz/layer/48129/
Data Quality Info
DQ _ Data Quality
Lineage
LI _ Lineage
Statement
The Soil Survey was carried out in 1975 by A.D. Wilson, Soil Bureau, DSIR.
This map was published in 1979. It was digitised in 2002 and the data were stored in ArcGIS.
NZSC was determined in 2002.
Incidental error correction has been carried out as necessary.
