Significance and application of the multi-hierarchical landsystem in soil mapping

Auteurs :
WIELEMAKER, W.G.
DE BRUIN, S.
EPEMA, G.F.
VELDKAMP, A.

Description :
The AA. propose a multi-hierarchical landsystem approach. As a case study, they use an area in southern Spain near the town of Álora. They demonstrate how the contextual knowledge of a soil surveyor can be structured in a nested hierarchy to facilitate better communication within and between diciplines, for an interdisciplinary application (land evaluation, land use, erosion, and hydrology). They argue that a GIS database requires proper description of the different kinds of formal relationships that exist between objects and object classes, and between elementary and composite objects.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Catena (Giessen), issn : 0341-8162, 2001, vol. 43, n°. 1, p. 15-34, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 41 ref.

Date :
2001

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Cremlingen-Destedt, Catena