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The Soils Types of Senegal Dataset Documentation

File: SENEGAL2.IMG
Code:
146003-001

Raster Member
IMG files are in IDRISI format

Originally digitized from the UNESCO/FAO Soil Map of the world (1977)
for the UNEP/FAO/ESRI Database for Africa by ESRI, USA, GRID-Geneva
rasterized the Soil ... Types dataset of Senegal for UNEP/GRID/WHO/CISFAM
Senegal Database with a cell size of 30 seconds and two minutes
lat/lon (approximately one- and four kilometeter-square pixels,
respectively). The Soil Types dataset of Senegal has 16 classes and
water.

Contact: UNEP/GRID-Nairobi, P.O. Box 30552 Nairobi, Kenya
FAO, Soil Resources, Management and Conservation Service, 00100,
Rome, Italy

The SENEGAL2 file shows FAO soil types of Senegal.
REMARK: file extracted from continental scale, hence may have limited
applicability at national scale.

References:

ESRI. Final Report UNEP/FAO world and Africa GIS data base (1984).
Internal Publication by ESRI, FAO and UNEP

FAO. UNESCO Soil Map of the World (1974). Scale 1:5000000. UNESCO,
Paris

CISFAM. Consolidated Information System for Famine Management in
Africa, Phase I Report (Apr. 1987), Univ. of Louvain, Brussels,
Belgium.

Source : UNESCO/FAO Soil Map of the World, scale 1:5000000
Publication Date : Dec 1988
Projection : lat/lon
Type : Raster
Format : IDRISI
Related Datasets : All UNEP/FAO/ESRI Datasets, especially
FAO SOILS (100085), ELEV2 (100070) elevation zones

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 0.0

S: -10.0

E: 60.0

W: 50.0

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA CONTINENT > AFRICA > WESTERN AFRICA > SENEGAL CONTINENT > AFRICA > WESTERN AFRICA

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > SOILS LAND SURFACE > SOILS

ISO Topic Category

FARMING GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Access Constraints
In-house

Ancillary Keywords

Terrestrial Ecosystems > Soils CONSERVATION

Originating Center

UNEP GRID - PAC

Data Center

Programme Activity Centre, Global Resource Information Database, United Nations Environment Programme Data Center URL: http://www.unep.org Data Center Personnel Name: BARRY HENRICKSEN Phone: +254 2 62 4207 Email: henrickb at unep.org Contact Address: UNEP EAP City: Nairobi Country: Kenya

Personnel

FACILITY MANAGER GRID NAIROBI FACILITY MANAGER GRID NAIROBI Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: 254-2-621234 Fax: 254-2-624315 Email: mario.hernandez at unep.no Contact Address: UNEP-GRID, Nairobi, Kenya P.O. Box 30552 City: Nairobi Country: Kenya

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2004-11-17

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