The dataset contains polygons of soils of Franklin County mapped at 1:63 360. The attributes contain the soil series and the soil classification. No analytical properties of the soil are included.
Source
The Soil Survey was carried out in 1967-70 by G.E. Orbell, Soil Bureau, DSIR.
This map was published in 1976. 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.
Rights
These data were mapped at 1:63 360 and should not be used at scales greater than this.
Rights
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.
