The European Soil Portal contains currently many soil data and information; most of the offered data are at European scale, while, when possible, links to national or global datasets are provided.
Links and detailed descriptions are available on the website for the following data categories:
European Soil Database
- The European Soil Database (ESDB) is the main source of information from which most other data information and services are derived.
Soil Threats Data
- The Soil Threats database is related to soil threats as they have been identified to Soil Thematic Strategy.
Soil Profile Data
- At the European level, the SPADE/M dataset (Soil Profiles) provides an intergated Data structure and offers the SPADE-1 "measured" data (560 profiles) as a collection in a Microsoft Acess database.
Soil Projects Data
- Ouptuts of various projects that can be distributed for free
In order to obtain access to download the datasets, registration is required.
The European Soil Database is available through the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC).