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 "culture": "en-US",
 "name": "Soil_General_Map_STATSGO",
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 "snippet": "These data provide information about soil features on or near the\nsurface of the Earth. Data were collected as part of the National\nCooperative Soil Survey. These data are intended for geographic\ndisplay and analysis at the state, regional, and national level.\nThe data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for\n1:250,000-scale data.",
 "description": "This data set consists of general soil association units. It was\ndeveloped by the National Cooperative Soil Survey and supersedes\nthe State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) data set published in 2006.\nIt consists of a broad based inventory of soils and nonsoil areas\nthat occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape and that can\nbe cartographically shown at the scale mapped. The data set was\ncreated by generalizing more detailed soil survey maps. Where more\ndetailed soil survey maps were not available, data on geology,\ntopography, vegetation, and climate were assembled, together with\nLand Remote Sensing Satellite (LANDSAT) images. Soils of like areas\nwere studied, and the probable classification and extent of the soils\nwere determined.\n\nMap unit composition was determined by transecting or sampling areas\non the more detailed maps and expanding the data statistically to\ncharacterize the whole map unit.\n\nThis data set consists of georeferenced vector digital data and\ntabular digital data. The map data were collected in 1-by 2-degree\ntopographic quadrangle units and merged into a seamless national\ndata set. It is distributed in state/territory and national extents.\nThe soil map units are linked to attributes in the National Soil\nInformation System data base which gives the proportionate extent of\nthe component soils and their properties.",
 "summary": "These data provide information about soil features on or near the\nsurface of the Earth. Data were collected as part of the National\nCooperative Soil Survey. These data are intended for geographic\ndisplay and analysis at the state, regional, and national level.\nThe data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for\n1:250,000-scale data.",
 "title": "Soil General Map STATSGO",
 "tags": [
  "Soils",
  "General Soil Map",
  "State Soil Geographic",
  "STATSGO",
  "United States Department of Agriculture",
  "USDA",
  "National Soil Information System",
  "NASIS",
  "Colorado",
  "USA"
 ],
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  "Data",
  "Service",
  "Feature Service",
  "ArcGIS Server",
  "Feature Access",
  "providerSDS"
 ],
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 "maxScale": 1.7976931348623157E308,
 "spatialReference": "GCS_WGS_1984",
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 "licenseInfo": "The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation\nService should be acknowledged as the data source in products\nderived from these data. Hardcopies utilizing these data shall\nclearly indicate their source. User agrees not to misrepresent these\ndata, nor to imply that changes made were approved by the Natural\nResources Conservation Service.\n\nThe Digital General Soil Map of U.S. was designed primarily for\nregional, multicounty, river basin, State, and multistate resource\nplanning, management, and monitoring. Data are not detailed enough\nto make interpretations at a county level. This soil survey product\nis not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting\nor citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source. The use\nof these data is not restricted and may be interpreted by organizations,\nagencies, units of government, or others; however, they are responsible\nfor its appropriate application. Federal, State, or local regulatory\nbodies are not to reassign to the Natural Resources Conservation\nService any authority for the decisions that they make. The Natural\nResources Conservation Service will not perform any evaluations of\nthese maps for purposes related solely to state or local regulatory\nprograms.\n\nWhen data from the Digital General Soil Map of U.S. are overlayed\nwith other data layers, such as land use data, caution must be\nused in generating statistics on the co-occurence of the land use\ndata with the soil data. The composition of the soil map unit can\nbe characterized independently for the land use and for the soil\ncomponent, but there are no data on their joint occurrence at a\nmore detailed level. Analysis of the overlayed data should be on a\nmap polygon basis.\n\nAdditional political, watershed, or other boundaries may be\nintersected with the soil data. Although the composition of each\npolitical and watershed unit may be described in terms of the\nsoil map units, information is not available to assign the\ncomponents to the boundary units with full accuracy. As with the\nland use categories, the analysis should be restricted to the\nclassified components.\n\nThe approximate minimum area delineated is 625 hectares\n(1,544 acres), which is represented on a 1:250,000-scale map by\nan area approximately 1 cm by 1 cm (0.4 inch by 0.4 inch).\nThe approximate minimum area delineated for Alaska is 2,500 hectares\n(6,176 acres), which is represented on a 1:5000,000-scale map by\nan area approximately 1 cm by 1 cm (0.4 inch by 0.4 inch).Linear\ndelineations are not less than 0.5 cm (0.2 inch) in width. The\nnumber of delineations per 1:250,000 quadrangle typically is 100\nto 200, but may range up to 400. Delineations depict the dominant\nsoils making up the landscape. Other dissimilar soils, too small\nto be delineated, are present within a delineation.\n\nDigital enlargements of these data to scales greater than at\nwhich they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation\nof the data. If enlarged, maps do not show the small areas of\ncontrasting soils that could have been shown at a larger scale.\nThe depicted soil boundaries, interpretations, and analysis\nderived from them do not eliminate the need for onsite sampling,\ntesting, and detailed study of specific sites for intensive uses.\nThus, these data and their interpretations are intended for\nplanning purposes only.\n\nData values for some data elements may be incomplete or missing.\nWhere data are unavailable, a mask should be used to exclude the\narea from analysis.\n\nThe spatial and tabular data used to create this product are\nperiodically updated. Data are versioned, and users are responsible\nfor obtaining the latest version of the product."
}