Converting the legend of the Soil Map of Belgium into the World Reference Base for Soil Resources: Strenght and constraints of using WRB as a map legend ; Conversion de la légende de la Carte des Sols de la Belgique dans le système WRB : forces et contraintes de l'utilisation de la WRB en tant que légende de cartes

Within the European Union, there is a general interest to prepare joint soil maps at a 1:250000 scale in order to harmonise agricultural and environmental policies. The World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) has been adopted as the common soil classification system within the EU. As soil surveys in most member states were conducted independently, the challenge is now to convert the national legends into a common WRB legend. Based on our experiences from converting the legend of the Soil Map of Belgium to WRB, we discuss the strengths and constraints of using WRB for both large scale (1:... Mehr ...