Digital soil map of the world and derived soil properties is a series of datasets containing soil information for the following regions:

• Africa
• North America
• Mexico and Central America
• South America
• Europe
• Asia
• South Asia
• North and Central Asia
• Southeast Asia and Australasia

The types of files that are available for download are:

• Vector files (shapefile) with a text file that gives information about the Vector files
• Raster files in ERDAS and IDRISI formats with a text file that gives information about the Raster files
• GIF, HTM And TIF files

A readme file is included with the download, containing important information.