| Year |
Soil survey projects |
Applications |
| 1964-1967 |
Reconnaissance Soil Survey
(1:250,000; 1:50,000) |
- Soil genesis and distribution of soil group
- Central & regional land use planning
|
| 1968-1990 |
Detailed Soil Survey
(1:25,000) |
- Agricultural advice at regional and local level
- Regional land use planning
- Identification of major crop zone
- Soil fertility management
|
| 1995-1999 |
Highly Detailed Soil survey
(1:5,000) |
- Individual household farm management
- Soil management for individual plots
- Choice of crop for individual plots
- Selection of specific land management
|
| 1998-2005 |
Digitization of soil Survey
(soil map database) |
- Crop & land use suitability recommendation
|
| 1998-present |
Soil Testing Survey
(soil fertility database) |
- Fertilizer recommendation
- Web-based fertilizer prescription
|
| 1999-present |
Agro-Environmental
Change Monitoring Project |
- managing soil resources: physical and chemical properties,
water quality & soil microorganisms
|
| 2002-2006 |
Korean Soil Information
System
(1:5,000 digital soil map service) |
- All soil information to the public through web |
| 2009-2011 |
Web-GIS system for
Agro-Environmental maps |
- Spatial database on natural resources,
3-D soil maps, am image database,
statistics & cyber forum
|
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