Soil Resources and Its Mapping Through Geostatistics Using R and QGIS

Priyabrata Santra (Edited by), Mahesh Kumar (Edited by), N.R. Panwar (Edited by), C.B. Pandey (Other)

9789386546265

Hardback, published 8 September 2017

352 pages
25 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.75 kg

This work aims to offer an overview of the latest advancements in geostatistical modeling, the spatial variability of soil resources, and the creation of digital soil maps using R and GIS, with a particular emphasis on their potential application in agricultural resource management.

• Fundamentals of spatial processes and geostatistics
• Field soil sampling using GIS and spatial data handling
• Spatial variability analysis using semi variogram approach
• Introduction to GSTAT package of R and QGIS
• Kriging technique and other advanced geostatistical approaches
• Procedures of preparing digital soil maps in R
• Assessment of uncertainty and error of digital soil maps
• Case studies on digital soil mapping