Soil Map of Piako County

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Added
29 Jun 2010

This dataset was first added to LRIS Portal on 29 Jun 2010.

ISO 19115/19139 Metadata XML PDF

Metadata
File Identifier

5a37fe8b-9235-eba4-ef7d-227ea63512c9

Language

eng

Hierarchy Level Name

dataset

Contact
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

Date Stamp
Date Time

20100629

Metadata Standard Name

ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata Standard Version

1.0

Spatial Representation Info
Vector Spatial Representation
Integer

694

Reference System Info
Reference System
Reference System Identifier
Identifier
Code

GD_1949_New_Zealand_Map_Grid

Identification Info
Data Identification
Citation
Citation
Title

Soil Map of Piako County

Alternate Title

Reference

Alternate Title

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-soil-map-of-piako-county/

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.

Metadata Constraints
Legal Constraints
Use Limitation

Landcare Data Use License

Use Constraints
Restriction Code

license