Soil Total Silt Map of Bhutan

ISO 19115-3 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata identifier:
Identifier code: 4E4257FE-634A-4CCE-BC4A-515846963ECA
Default locale:
Language code: eng
Character encoding: utf8
Metadata contact:
Role: author
Responsible party:
Organization:
Name: National Soil Services Centre
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Simtokha
City: Thimphu
Country: BT
e-mail address: thhinjid@gmail.com
Indvidual:
Individual:
Name: Thinley Dorji
Position name: Soil Survey & Land Evaluation Supervisor
Metadata contact:
Role: resourceProvider
Responsible party:
Organization:
Name: National Soil Services Centre
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Simtokha
City: Thimphu
Country: BT
e-mail address: pitabhutan@gmail.com
Indvidual:
Individual:
Name: Sangita Pradhan
Position name: GIS Technician
Metadata date information:
Date type: revision
Date: 2024-11-04T00:00:00
Metadata standard:
Title: ISO 19115-3 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals
Edition: 2014
Metadata scope:
Resource scope: dataset
Metadata maintenance:
Update frequency: asNeeded
Maintenance contact:
Role: author
Responsible party:
Organization:
Name: National Soil Services Centre
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Simtokha
City: Thimphu
Country: BT
e-mail address: thhinjid@gmail.com
Indvidual:
Individual:
Name: Thinley Dorji
Position name: Soil Survey & Land Evaluation Supervisor

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: Soil Total Silt Map of Bhutan
Citation date:
Date type: publication
Date: 2024-03-28T00:00:00
Cited responsible party:
Role: pointOfContact
Responsible party:
Organization:
Name: National Soil Services Centre
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Simtokha
City: Thimphu
Country: BT
e-mail address: twangdi@moal.gov.bt
Indvidual:
Individual:
Name: Tashi Wangdi
Position name: Program Director
Abstract: This dataset contains the spatial distribution of soil total silt content across Bhutan.
Purpose: The purpose of this dataset is to provide spatial information on soil total silt content across Bhutan.
Credits: This dataset is produced with funding support from the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) and Asian Food & Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (AFACI) of Rural Development Administration of the Republic of Korea and with technical support from Global Soil Partnership (GSP) of Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN).
Status: completed
Point of contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Responsible party:
Organization:
Name: National Soil Services Centre
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Simtokha
City: Thimphu
Country: BT
e-mail address: twangdi@moal.gov.bt
Indvidual:
Individual:
Name: Tashi Wangdi
Position name: Program Director
Spatial representation type: vector
Spatial resolution:
Spatial resolution:
Themes or categories of the resource: farming, planningCadastre
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: 88.739745
East longitude: 92.139159
North latitude: 28.271267
South latitude: 26.662986
Resource maintenance:
Update frequency: asNeeded
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords: Map Files

Thesaurus:
Citation reference: 723f6998-058e-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords: Farming, Soil, Agriculture, common

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords: Farming, Soil, Agriculture, common

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords: Farming, Soil, Agriculture, common

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords: Farming, Soil, Agriculture, common

Resource constraints:
General Constraints:
Limitations of use: Do not alter or reproduce the map and its related information without the prior consent of National Soil Services Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock of the Royal Government of Bhutan.
Default locale:
Language code: eng
Character encoding: utf8

Spatial Representation Information

Vector Data

Level of topology for this dataset: geometryOnly

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier:
Identifier code: 5266
Codespace: ESPG
Version: Drukref 03

Resource Lineage

Lineage scope:
Scope level: dataset
Source:
Source description: Field survey
Process step:
Process description: Random forest modeling enhanced by 10 folds cross validation

Distribution Information

Distribution format:
Format specification citation:
Title: Shapefile, tiff
Edition: 1.0