Interactive web mapping and monitoring of soil properties. A case study in France.
Résumé
General public and environment specialists require communication tools about soils. INFOSOL unit that belongs to the French National Agronomical Institute (INRA) has compiled a database about agricultural topsoil properties. (French national soil-test database – Base de Données des Analyses de Terres). In order to diffuse this information, a web mapping application has been developed. This application is powered by Postgresql, Postgis and UMN Mapserver.