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Soil Map of Rangitikei County
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe dataset contains polygons of soils of Rangitikei County, mapped at 1:63360. Existing soil data by Cowie et al. (1967) were incorporated into this survey. 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 Topsoil Gravel Content
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 Survey of Hauraki Plains County
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe dataset contains polygons of soils of Hauraki Plains County mapped at 1:50000. 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 Salinity
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 of Piako County
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe dataset contains polygons of soils of Piako County mapped at 1:63 360. 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 -
Reserve Potassium
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchReserve potassium (Kc) is a measure how much potassium is available to plants. There are three potassium pools: dissolved, extractable, and reserve potassium. Potassium (K) is continuously drawn from the extractable to the dissolved pool when it is used by plants, and likewise from the reserve pool to the extractable pool. The reserve potassium is held in...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
South Island National Pasture Productivity
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe New Zealand National Pasture Productivity map is a multi-temporal approach to estimating pasture (dry matter) yield in New Zealand's grassland area. The approach uses a model generated from collected historical records of pasture yield in 21 locations around New Zealand.It was hypothesised that yield of a paddock planted with pasture species would...Created 10 September 2021 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Land Cover Database - LCDB v3.0 Change
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThis data set is a mask of the temporal and non temporal changes made between land cover database v3.0 and the previous version (land cover database-2). The non-temporal changes include errors in the earlier mappings, step artefact removal, and coastline adjustments. Note: the non-temporal attribute is named "NoTemporal" due to a character length...Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Soil Map of Otaki District
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe dataset contains polygons of soils of Otaki District mapped at 1:15000. The attributes contain the soil series and the soil classification. No analytical properties of the soils are included.Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
FSL South Island (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 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
FSL North Island v1.0 (all attributes)
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThis layer has been updated, the new version can be found here: FSL North Island v1.1 (all attributes) - Informatics Team | | Environment and Land GIS | LRIS Portal (scinfo.org.nz) The 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...Created 10 February 2023 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Soil Map of Palmerston North City and environs, New Zealand
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe dataset contains polygons of soils of Palmerston North City and environs mapped at 1:15840. The attributes contain the soil series and the soil classification. No analytical properties of the soils are included.Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
LCDB v3.3 (Deprecated) - Land Cover Database version 3.3, Mainland New Zealand
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchDEPRECATED - THIS VERSION HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY VERSION 4.0 which is now available at https://lris.scinfo.org.nz/layer/412-lcdb-v40-land-cover-database-version-40/. The New Zealand Land Cover Database (LCDB) is a thematic classification of land cover. The current version LCDB3.3 contains 33 classes designed to be compatible with earlier LCDB versions....Created 12 December 2021 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
S-map Nitrogen Leach Susceptibility Aug 2024
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe susceptibility of the soil to nitrogen leaching - the process whereby excess nutrients not held by the clay and organic matter complex of the soil leach beyond the root zone and contaminate groundwater. The susceptibility rating is based on the capacity of the soil to store water and the attenuation of nitrogen through denitrification associated with...Created 3 September 2024 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Soil Map of the Manawatu County, North Island, New Zealand
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe dataset contains polygons of soils of the Manawatu mapped at 1:63360. The attributes contain the soil series and the soil classification. No analytical properties of the soils are included.Created 3 May 2018 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
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 -
North Island National Pasture Productivity
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe New Zealand National Pasture Productivity map is a multi-temporal approach to estimating pasture (dry matter) yield in New Zealand's grassland area. The approach uses a model generated from collected historical records of pasture yield in 21 locations around New Zealand.It was hypothesised that yield of a paddock planted with pasture species would...Created 10 September 2021 • 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 -
LCDB v3.0 (Deprecated) - Land Cover Database version 3.0, Mainland New Zealand
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchDEPRECATED - THIS VERSION WAS SUPERCEDED FIRST BY VERSION 3.3 AND MORE RECENTLY BY VERSION 4.0 now available at https://lris.scinfo.org.nz/layer/412-lcdb-v40-land-cover-database-version-40/ This database is a thematic classification of land cover and land use classes. The current version 3 contains 33 classes designed to be compatible with earlier...Created 12 December 2021 • 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