Soil Resource Database of NBSS&LUP and

Status of NSDI Node

Dr. G.P. Obi Reddy, Nodal Officer

National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning(Indian Council of Agricultural Research)

Amravati Road, Nagpur –440 010.

NSDI-1023rd-24th December, 2010

New Delhi

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NSDI Facilitates

• To reduce the difficulties in accessing datasets (metadata at all levels)

• Helps to develop the datasets with uniform projections and scales

• Improve the standards in representation of different spatial objects.

• Facilitates to integrate the different datasets (maps, satellite images, aerial photographs, databases)

• Fill the data gaps (both spatial and temporal).

• Improve the consistency in datasets to provide the seamless databases.

• Reduce the restrictions in data access.

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FOUNDATION DATA OF NSDI NSDINSDI--1010

1. Coordinate Reference system - SoI

2. Transportation - SoI

3. Orthoimagery - ISRO

4. Addresses - NATMO

5. Soils - NBSSLUP

6. Forest - FSI

7. Population - COI

8. Hydrography - NHO

9. Land Use - NRSC

10. Metrological Surface data - IMD

11. Physical water bodies - CWC, NHO

12. Ground Water Profile - CGWB

13. Mineral and Energy Resources - GSI

14. Water quality data - CPCB, CGWB

15. Economic Data - NCAER

16. Natural Disaster data - NDMA

• NSDI Standard

• NSDI Metadata

• NSDI Nodes and GIS Servers

• NSDI Search and Access Protocols

• NSDI User Interface

NSDI ELEMENTS NSDINSDI--1010

NSDI-Soils Database

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NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE

(NSDI)-Soils

• Soil information constitute one of the major

field in NSDI.

• NSDI-soils aims at organization of a

systematic database in GIS through

assimilating and integrating different

thematic soil datasets.

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Waterbodies Waterbodies Waterbodies Waterbodies

Soils Soils Soils Soils

SOILS AND ASSOCITED THEMES

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DATA SOURCEDATA SOURCEDATA SOURCEDATA SOURCENSDINSDI--1010

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NSDI-Soils

• Soil mapping unit

• Soil polygons

• Soil profile

• Soil attributes

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55 J

Soil Association

map

78 00 00 E

23 00 00 N

77 00 00 E

22 00 00 N

1:250,000

SOILS DATABASESSOILS DATABASESSOILS DATABASESSOILS DATABASES NSDINSDI--1010

SITE CHARACTERISTICS

� Climate

� Slope

� Surface form

� Parent material

Soil Resource Database

PHYSICAL PARAMETERS

Soil depth

Surface texture

Soil drainage

Soil temperature regime

Water holding capacity

Surface stoniness

Particle size class

Flooding

Erosion

CHEMICAL PARAMETERS

Calcareousness

Soil reaction (pH)

Salinity

Sodicity

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STATE LEVEL SOIL INFORMATION - ORISSA NSDINSDI--1010

STATE LEVEL SOIL INFORMATION - UTTAR PRADESH NSDINSDI--1010

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UTTARAKHAND

State level Soil Information - Uttarakhand NSDINSDI--1010

Soil Resources of India:

1:1M Scale

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S.

No.

Class Area

(sq.km)

Area

(%)

1 Strongly acidic 61800.54 1.88

2 Moderately

acidic

248188.36 7.55

3 Slightly acidic 613074.55 18.65

4 Non acidic 1976302.52 60.12

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21Except Mizoram and Goa statesExcept Mizoram and Goa statesExcept Mizoram and Goa statesExcept Mizoram and Goa states

Soil Loss Map of Soil Loss Map of Soil Loss Map of Soil Loss Map of

IndiaIndiaIndiaIndia

Soil Loss Soil Loss Soil Loss Soil Loss

(t/ha/yr)(t/ha/yr)(t/ha/yr)(t/ha/yr)

CategoryCategoryCategoryCategory

0000----5555 Very slight*Very slight*Very slight*Very slight*

5555----10101010 Slight*Slight*Slight*Slight*

10101010----15151515 ModerateModerateModerateModerate

15151515----20202020 Mod. SevereMod. SevereMod. SevereMod. Severe

20202020----40404040 SevereSevereSevereSevere

40404040----80808080 Very severeVery severeVery severeVery severe

>80>80>80>80 Ext. severeExt. severeExt. severeExt. severe

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NSDINSDI--1010DEGRADED AND WASTELANDS DATABASES

Contributors

• NBSS&LUP

• CSWCR&TI

• CAZRI

• CSSRI

• NRSC

• FSI

• NAAS

• Geographical location and extent : State wise

• Theme map name : Soils

• Level of information : Soil great Groups

• Mapping Scale : 1:250,000

• Mode (Hard copy/Soft copy/GIS format : GIS format

• GIS Format : Vector

• If Vector (Point/line/polygon) : Polygon

• Source : NBSS&LUP

• Projection system : Polyconic

• Datum : India-Nepal

• Other spatial information : Modified Everest

• Contents : Soil great Groups

• Year of last update : 2008

• Owner of the data : Director, NBSS&LUP

• Contact Person : Director, NBSS&LUP

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DESIGN VIEW OF STATE INFORMATION TABLENSDINSDI--1010

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NSDINSDI--1010INARIS- SOIL RESOURCE DATABASE

NSDI- Data Standard

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FORMATION OF WORKING GROUP

Working Group Group Chairperson

Metadata Standard S.K. Pathan, SAC

Data Content G.P. Obi Reddy, NBSS & LUP

Interoperability & Data Exchange S.Ashutosh, FSI

Cost Recovery Payment Gateways Y.V.S. Murthy, NRSA

Policy, Legal Security, Projection & Transformation Girish Kumar, SOI

Outreach Communication & Capacity Building V. Pathainkar, CWC

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DATA EXCHANGE- STNADARDS

• Automatic exchange of data sets amongst different

systems necessitating defining and using

standards. Standards are the crux of the NSDI.

• It is necessary to standardize data exchange

formats, networks, communication equipment, and

software interfaces, etc.

• There is a need to standardize the content of the

NSDI nodes, database design and creation

processes, network protocols, and exchange/

transfer of spatial data sets.

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Purpose of the Data Content Document

It contains the proposal of "Data Specifications" for description and scope

of spatial data themes.

•To provide common definitions for geo-spatial information found in public

records, which will facilitate the effective use, understanding, and

automation of business processes.

•To standardize attributes, which will enhance data sharing.

•To resolve discrepancies related to the use of homonyms and synonyms

in the datasets of various organizations/agencies, which will minimize

duplication within and among them.

•To provide guidance and direction for geo-spatial professionals on

standardized attributes and definitions to improve the standards in data

creation and management.

•To use participatory involvement in the standard development to reach

out to various organizations to encourage application of the standards.

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THE NSDI STANDARD

• Under NSDI framework major efforts are on in

standardizing data content and schemas, designing and

processing, network protocols, exchange and transfer data.

• The standardization will enable “user transparency” to

information access.

• The NSDI standard would have to be developed and should

cover:

• Content standardization

• Design and process standardization

• Network protocols standards

• Exchange and transfer standard

• NSDI Quality standards

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Scope of Data Standard Document

This deliverable identifies definitions and scope of spatial data

themes. For each spatial data themes, the document provides:

•Definition – brief explanation

•Description – explains the spatial data theme in more detail

•Scope, Use examples - Provide prominent use examples, which

are in compliance to National policies.

•Important feature types and attributes – this is a non-exhaustive

list of the most prominent feature types and attributes.

•Overlaps and links with other themes - known overlap with

and/or dependencies from other spatial data themes.

Soils- Metadata

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Metadata: One of three

components of geospatial data

• Where: spatial - location

and relationships

(coordinates, topology)

• What: attributes -

descriptive info about

geographic features in

database

• metadata: description of

geospatial data is

incomplete without it!

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THE NSDI METADATA

Metadata helps people who use geospatial data find the data

they need and determine how best to use it.

The Major elements of Metadata:

• Identification information

• Data quality information

• Spatial reference information

• Entity and attribute information

• Distribution information

• Metadata reference information

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METADATA STANDARDS

• Data Identification Information

• Contact Information

• Coverage

• Geographic location of the

database (by four coordinates or

by description

• Citation

• Metadata date stamp

• Type

• Subject

• Description

• Publisher

• Dataset responsible party

• Distribution Format

• On-line resource

• Dataset topic category• Language• Abstract describing the data• Spatial representation type• Spatial resolution of the dataset

• Reference system• Temporal extent information for the dataset

• Vertical extent information for the dataset

• Quicklook• Image data• Rights• Team (organization name)

Elements:

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1.State Name : Maharashtra

2. Geographical location : Latitude: 15°44' & 21°40' N

Longitude: 73°15' & 80°33' E

3. Area covered : 307713 sq. kms.

4. Soil Resource Mapping : 1: 250,000 Scale

5. Spatial Database : Soil information system is generated in GIS on 1: 250,000 scale

6. Owner of the data : NBSS&LUP

7. Year of the spatial data

generation

: 1995

8. No. of toposheet covered : 42

9. Soil Mapping Units : 356

10. Attribute database

i.Level of mapping

: Soil family association

ii. Soil parameters

a. Physical

: Particle size distribution, Soil reaction (pH), Organic Carbon, Electrical

Conductivity.

b. Chemical : Exchangeable bases, Cation exchange capacity, Base saturation.

11. Thematic maps : Soil, Soil depth, Drainage, Erosion, Surface form, Soil salinity/sodicity, Soil

degradation status, Soil reaction (pH), Slope, Calcareousness, Parent material,

Particle size, Surface sstoniness, Available water capacity, Land capability,

Land irrigability, Suitability for Cotton, Sorghum and Soybean.

12. Distribution of soil orders : Entisols, Inceptisols, Vertisols, Alfisols, Mollisols.

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1. State Name : West Bengal2. Geographical location : Latitude: 21°°°°31' & 27°°°°14' N

Longitude: 85°°°°51' & 89°°°°52' E

3. Area covered : 88752 sq. kms.

4. Soil Resource Mapping : 1: 250,000 Scale

5. Spatial Database : Soil information system is generated in GIS on 1: 250,000 scale

6. Owner of the data : NBSS&LUP

7. Year of the spatial data generation : 2001

8. No. of toposheet covered : 17

9. Soil Mapping Units : 115

10. Attribute database

i.Level of mapping

: Soil family association

i. Soil parameters

a. Physical

: Particle size distribution, Soil reaction (pH), Organic Carbon,

Electrical Conductivity.

b. Chemical : Exchangeable bases, Cation exchange capacity, Base saturation.

11. Thematic maps : Cover factor, support practice factor, soil erodibility, rainfall

erosivity, topographic factor, soil loss, soils, soil depth, drainage,

erosion, flooding, parent material, soil reaction (pH), particle size

class, salinity and sodicity, surface form, slope, surface stoniness,

surface texture

12. Distribution of soil orders : Inceptisols, Alfisols, Entisols

Metadata for NSDI of West Bengal NSDINSDI--1010

NSDI- NBSS&LUP Node

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NSDI NODE FRAMEWORK

NSDI

SOI

TOPO

GSI

GEOL

NBSSLUPSOIL

NRSC/TCPOURBAN MAPS

NRSC

LUSE MAPSNNRMS

NRIS NODES FSI

FOREST MAPS

CGWB/NRSC

GWATER MAPS

MOWR

IRRIG. MAPS

NRSC

SAT. IMAGES

CENSUS

ADMN. BOUNDARYnnnn

……. MAPS

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NSDI SERVERS ARCHITECTURE

The NSDI have network of Servers to enable the successful

performance of NSDI goals and objectives.

•NSDI Web-Server: The NSDI Web-Server would be the front-end

interface to NSDI. The Web-Server would provide the open access

to NSDI information and ‘secure’ entry to NSDI Metadata and

NSDIAgency Servers.

•NSDI Metadata Server: The NSDI Metadata Server would maintain

the NSDI metadata content. At a higher level, it would be linked to

NSDI Web-Server and lower-level it would be linked through NSDI

Server Catalogue to NSDIAgency Servers.

•NSDIAgency Server: The NSDIAgency Server (or Servers) would

hold the actual spatial data of the NSDIAgency.

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USER

USER INTERFACE

NSDI SERVER

CATALOGUE

NSDI METADATA

NNRMS.NSDI SOI.NSDI GSI.NSDI nnn.NSDI

ORDERS AND ACCESS

SEARCHES AND LOCATES

DIAL-UP TO LEASED CIRCUITS

HIGH-SPEED INTRANET

(~1 Mbps)

NBSS.NSDI

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HAS REFERENCE TO

HIGH-SPEED NSDI INTRANET (~ Gigabyte)

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NSDINSDI--1010Future line work

• Finalization of Data Standard Document (Ver 2.0) by end

of March, 2011.

• Recruit the contractual staff (Two SRF’s) as per the

NSDI norms through NDSI funding

• Generation of metadata for the soils database

• Projection and Datum conversions for the datasets

• Linking of NBSS Node to NSDI main server

• Uploading of soils metadata through NBSS node

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