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FSL Permeability Profile
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe New Zealand Fundamental Soil Layer originates from a relational join of features from two databases: the New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI), and the National Soils Database (NSD). The NZLRI is a national polygon database of physical land resource information, including a soil unit. Soil is one in an inventory of five physical factors...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
FSL Phosphate Retention
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe New Zealand Fundamental Soil Layer originates from a relational join of features from two databases: the New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI), and the National Soils Database (NSD). The NZLRI is a national polygon database of physical land resource information, including a soil unit. Soil is one in an inventory of five physical factors...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
NZLRI South Island, Edition 2 (all attributes)
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI) is a national database of physical land resource information. It comprises two sets of data compiled using stereo aerial photography, published and unpublished reference material, and extensive field work: An inventory of five physical factors (rock type, soil, slope, present type and severity of erosion,...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
FSL Flood Return Interval
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe New Zealand Fundamental Soil Layer originates from a relational join of features from two databases: the New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI), and the National Soils Database (NSD). The NZLRI is a national polygon database of physical land resource information, including a soil unit. Soil is one in an inventory of five physical factors...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Soil map for the Upper Plains and Downs of Canterbury
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThis database describes the soils of the pastoral and cropping land of Canterbury, from the Kowhai River in the north to the Rangitata River in the south, but not including Banks Peninsula. The original survey was mapped as a reconnaissance soil survey at 2 miles to the inch. These original soil boundaries have been very substantially revised and...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
NZ Area Codes for recording specimen localities
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchCrosby et al. (1976) subdivided the New Zealand mainland (North, South, and Stewart Islands, plus nearby inshore islands) into 29 approximately equalsized areas, and defined two-letter codes for each. The codes and boundary definitions for these areas were provided on a separate, large map enclosed with the journal issue. These areas were modified from...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Soil Map of part Raglan County, South Auckland, New Zealand
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe dataset contains polygons of soils of part Raglan County mapped at 1:63360. The attributes contain the soil series and the soil classification. No analytical properties of the soil are included.Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Christchurch City Soil Map
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThis soil map for Christchurch City was compiled at 1:25,000 scale from several published and unpublished soil maps held by Landcare Research including: Christchurch Region NZ Soil Survey Report 16 1:63 360 Part Paparua County NZ Soil Bureau Bulletin 34 1:31 860 Part Port Hills NZ Soil Bureau Bulletin 35 1:31 860 Heathcote County NZ Soil Bureau Report 1...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Soil Map of Hamilton City
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe dataset contains polygons of soils of Hamilton City mapped at 1:20 000. The attributes contain the soil series and the soil classification. No analytical properties of the soil are included.Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
FSL New Zealand Soil Classification v1.0
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThis layer has been updated, the new version can be found here: FSL New Zealand Soil Classification v1.1 - Informatics Team | | Environment and Land GIS | LRIS Portal (scinfo.org.nz) The soil fundamental data layers (FDLs) contain spatial information for 16 key attributes, each of which is measurable (i.e. is given a numeric value rather than being...Created 10 February 2023 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
NZLRI Slope
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe NZLRI is a spatial database containing about 100,000 polygons (map units), each of which describes a parcel of land in terms of five characteristics or attributes (rock, soil, slope, erosion, vegetation). This layer represents a GIS dissolve on the slope attribute of the NZLRI.Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
FSL North Island v1.1 (all attributes)
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe New Zealand Fundamental Soil Layer originates from a relational join of features from two databases: the New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI), and the National Soils Database (NSD). The NZLRI is a national polygon database of physical land resource information, including a soil unit. Soil is one in an inventory of five physical factors...Created 10 February 2023 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
NZLRI Vegetation
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe NZLRI is a spatial database containing about 100,000 polygons (map units), each of which describes a parcel of land in terms of five characteristics or attributes (rock, soil, slope, erosion, vegetation). This layer represents a GIS dissolve on the vegetation attributes of the NZLRI.Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
NZLRI Rock
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe NZLRI is a spatial database containing about 100,000 polygons (map units), each of which describes a parcel of land in terms of five characteristics or attributes (rock, soil, slope, erosion, vegetation). This layer represents a GIS dissolve on the rock attribute of the NZLRI.Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
FSL Profile Available Water
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe New Zealand Fundamental Soil Layer originates from a relational join of features from two databases: the New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI), and the National Soils Database (NSD). The NZLRI is a national polygon database of physical land resource information, including a soil unit. Soil is one in an inventory of five physical factors...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
NZLRI Erosion Type and Severity
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe NZLRI is a spatial database containing about 100,000 polygons (map units), each of which describes a parcel of land in terms of five characteristics or attributes (rock, soil, slope, erosion, vegetation). This layer represents a GIS dissolve on the erosion attribute of the NZLRI.Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Vegetative Cover Map of New Zealand
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe 1:1,000,000 scale Vegetative Cover Map of New Zealand is the first vegetation survey which can be applied nationally for planning, research, and education. It optimises the cartographic potential of the vegetation information available in the early 1980s and provides a historical record which will aid in future analyses of vegetative cover and land...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
FSL Soil Drainage Class
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe New Zealand Fundamental Soil Layer originates from a relational join of features from two databases: the New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI), and the National Soils Database (NSD). The NZLRI is a national polygon database of physical land resource information, including a soil unit. Soil is one in an inventory of five physical factors...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Potential Vegetation of New Zealand
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchNew Zealand's potential forest composition was predicted from regressions relating the distributions of major canopy tree species to environment. Environmental variables, chosen for their correspondence to major tree physiological processes, included annual and seasonal temperature and solar radiation, soil and atmospheric water deficit, soil leaching,...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
FSL New Zealand Soil Classification v1.1
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe New Zealand Fundamental Soil Layer originates from a relational join of features from two databases: the New Zealand Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI), and the National Soils Database (NSD). The NZLRI is a national polygon database of physical land resource information, including a soil unit. Soil is one in an inventory of five physical factors...Created 10 February 2023 • Updated 3 March 2025