Tools
Soil Data Viewer
Produced and distributed by the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
This tool allows users to create soil-based thematic maps. The Soil Data Viewer provides access to soil interpretations and soil properties while shielding users from the complexity of the soil database and its more than 50 tables. Each soil map unit, typically a set of polygons, may contain multiple soil components. This data viewer makes it easy to compute a single value for a map unit and display results. Built as an extension to ArcMap, the application can run independent of ArcMap, but the output is then limited to a tabular report.
Features
- This tool provides quick geospatial analysis of soil data.
- The viewer contains processing rules to enforce appropriate use of the data.
- The Soil Data Viewer allows users to define their own area of analysis and select areas of interest through selection, zoom, or AOI tools.
- Users can generate thematic maps and reports of soil interpretations and chemical or physical properties.
- Users can save, download, and print their soils map.
