The Digital Soil and Terrain Map of East Africa (Sea)
2017
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Overview
Title
The Digital Soil and Terrain Map of East Africa (Sea)
Abstract
The SEA (Soil and Terrain Database Map of East Africa) is a Digital Soil Map at 1:1000000 scale for the following countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, and Uganda.
Compilation of the SEA was subcontracted to ISRIC (Netherlands) by FAO in 1988. The main purpose, at that time, was to test the validity of the 1988 revision of the FAO/Unesco legend for the Soil Map of the World at 1:1 million scale. In 1990, the maps and the related tabular databases were automated (converted into digital form), in the FAO Geographic Information System Centre.
The final version as been completed and made available in CD-ROM since 1998.
Compilation of the SEA was subcontracted to ISRIC (Netherlands) by FAO in 1988. The main purpose, at that time, was to test the validity of the 1988 revision of the FAO/Unesco legend for the Soil Map of the World at 1:1 million scale. In 1990, the maps and the related tabular databases were automated (converted into digital form), in the FAO Geographic Information System Centre.
The final version as been completed and made available in CD-ROM since 1998.
Purpose
This data set derives from the SEA (Soil and Terrain Database Map of East Africa) programme. It was designed to provide potential users of the soil database easy access to data and maps for interpretation and analysis, without any training necessary.
Spatial extent
| East | West | North | South |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70.50 | 13.55 | 19.22 | -28.11 |
Resource Reference System
Keywords
Keywords
| Keyword | Type |
|---|---|
| soil | theme |
| soil types | theme |
| soil classification | theme |
| terrain | theme |
| Horn of Africa | theme |
| Eastern Africa | place |
| Africa | place |
Contacts
Contact
| Organization | Country | |
|---|---|---|
| FAO-UN - Land and Water Division (CBL) | land-and-water@fao.org | Italy |
Point of contact
| Organization | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| FAO-UN - AGLL (ex-FAO Land and Water Division) | Senior Officer Land Resources (Retired) | land-and-water@fao.org |
| FAO-UN - AGLL (ex-FAO Land and Water Division) | GIS Expert (Retired) | land-and-water@fao.org |
Distribution
Date
| Date |
|---|
| 1998 |
Metadata production
Language
eng