Improving the Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System (SISLAC) database enhances its usability and scalability

Spatial soil databases can help model complex phenomena in which soils are a decisive factor – for example, evaluating agricultural potential or estimating carbon storage capacity. The Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System, SISLAC, is a regional initiative promoted by the Food and Ag...

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Main Authors: Díaz Guadarrama, Sergio, Varón Ramírez, Viviana M., Lizarazo, Iván, Guevara, Mario, Angelini, Marcos, Araujo Carrillo, Gustavo A., Argeñal, Jainer, Armas, Daphne, Balta, Rafael A., Bolivar, Adriana, Bustamante, Nelson, Dart, Ricardo O., Dell Acqua, Martin, Encina, Arnulfo, Figueredo, Hernán, Fontes, Fernando, Gutiérrez Díaz, Joan S., Jiménez, Wilmer, Lavado, Raúl S., Mansilla Baca, Jesús F., Mendonça Santos, Maria de Lourdes, Moretti, Lucas M., Muñoz, Iván D., Olivera, Carolina, Olmedo, Guillermo, Omuto, Christian, Ortiz, Sol, Pascale, Carla, Pfeiffer, Marco, Ramos, Iván A., Ríos, Danny, Rivera, Rafael, Rodriguez, Lady M., Rodríguez, Darío M., Rosales, Albán, Rosales, Kenset, Schulz, Guillermo, Sevilla, Víctor, Tenti, Leonardo M., Vargas, Ronald, Vasques, Gustavo M., Yigini, Yusuf, Rubiano, Yolanda
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topic Investigación agropecuaria - A50
Análisis del suelo
Bases de datos
Investigación
Transversal
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spellingShingle Investigación agropecuaria - A50
Análisis del suelo
Bases de datos
Investigación
Transversal
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7198
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24833
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6513
Díaz Guadarrama, Sergio
Varón Ramírez, Viviana M.
Lizarazo, Iván
Guevara, Mario
Angelini, Marcos
Araujo Carrillo, Gustavo A.
Argeñal, Jainer
Armas, Daphne
Balta, Rafael A.
Bolivar, Adriana
Bustamante, Nelson
Dart, Ricardo O.
Dell Acqua, Martin
Encina, Arnulfo
Figueredo, Hernán
Fontes, Fernando
Gutiérrez Díaz, Joan S.
Jiménez, Wilmer
Lavado, Raúl S.
Mansilla Baca, Jesús F.
Mendonça Santos, Maria de Lourdes
Moretti, Lucas M.
Muñoz, Iván D.
Olivera, Carolina
Olmedo, Guillermo
Omuto, Christian
Ortiz, Sol
Pascale, Carla
Pfeiffer, Marco
Ramos, Iván A.
Ríos, Danny
Rivera, Rafael
Rodriguez, Lady M.
Rodríguez, Darío M.
Rosales, Albán
Rosales, Kenset
Schulz, Guillermo
Sevilla, Víctor
Tenti, Leonardo M.
Vargas, Ronald
Vasques, Gustavo M.
Yigini, Yusuf
Rubiano, Yolanda
Improving the Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System (SISLAC) database enhances its usability and scalability
description Spatial soil databases can help model complex phenomena in which soils are a decisive factor – for example, evaluating agricultural potential or estimating carbon storage capacity. The Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System, SISLAC, is a regional initiative promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Latin America and the Caribbean Soil Partnership to contribute to sustainable management of soil. SISLAC includes data from 49 084 soil profiles distributed unevenly across the continent, making it the region’s largest soil database. In addition, there are other soil databases in the region with about 40 000 soil profiles that can be integrated into SISLAC and improve it. However, some problems hinder its usages, such as the quality of the data and their high dimensionality. The objective of this research is evaluate the quality of the SISLAC data and the other available soil databases to generate a new improved version that meets the minimum quality requirements to be used for different purposes or practical applications. The results show that 15% of the existing soil profiles had an inaccurate description of the diagnostic horizons and 17% of the additional profiles already existed in SISLAC; therefore, a total of 32% of profiles were excluded for these two reasons. Further correction of an additional 4.5% of existing inconsistencies improved overall data quality. The improved database consists of 66 746 profiles and is available for public use at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7876731 (Díaz-Guadarrama and Guevara, 2023). This revised version of SISLAC data offers the opportunity to generate information that helps decision-making on issues in which soils are a decisive factor. It can also be used to plan future soil surveys in areas with low density or where updated information is required.
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author Díaz Guadarrama, Sergio
Varón Ramírez, Viviana M.
Lizarazo, Iván
Guevara, Mario
Angelini, Marcos
Araujo Carrillo, Gustavo A.
Argeñal, Jainer
Armas, Daphne
Balta, Rafael A.
Bolivar, Adriana
Bustamante, Nelson
Dart, Ricardo O.
Dell Acqua, Martin
Encina, Arnulfo
Figueredo, Hernán
Fontes, Fernando
Gutiérrez Díaz, Joan S.
Jiménez, Wilmer
Lavado, Raúl S.
Mansilla Baca, Jesús F.
Mendonça Santos, Maria de Lourdes
Moretti, Lucas M.
Muñoz, Iván D.
Olivera, Carolina
Olmedo, Guillermo
Omuto, Christian
Ortiz, Sol
Pascale, Carla
Pfeiffer, Marco
Ramos, Iván A.
Ríos, Danny
Rivera, Rafael
Rodriguez, Lady M.
Rodríguez, Darío M.
Rosales, Albán
Rosales, Kenset
Schulz, Guillermo
Sevilla, Víctor
Tenti, Leonardo M.
Vargas, Ronald
Vasques, Gustavo M.
Yigini, Yusuf
Rubiano, Yolanda
author_facet Díaz Guadarrama, Sergio
Varón Ramírez, Viviana M.
Lizarazo, Iván
Guevara, Mario
Angelini, Marcos
Araujo Carrillo, Gustavo A.
Argeñal, Jainer
Armas, Daphne
Balta, Rafael A.
Bolivar, Adriana
Bustamante, Nelson
Dart, Ricardo O.
Dell Acqua, Martin
Encina, Arnulfo
Figueredo, Hernán
Fontes, Fernando
Gutiérrez Díaz, Joan S.
Jiménez, Wilmer
Lavado, Raúl S.
Mansilla Baca, Jesús F.
Mendonça Santos, Maria de Lourdes
Moretti, Lucas M.
Muñoz, Iván D.
Olivera, Carolina
Olmedo, Guillermo
Omuto, Christian
Ortiz, Sol
Pascale, Carla
Pfeiffer, Marco
Ramos, Iván A.
Ríos, Danny
Rivera, Rafael
Rodriguez, Lady M.
Rodríguez, Darío M.
Rosales, Albán
Rosales, Kenset
Schulz, Guillermo
Sevilla, Víctor
Tenti, Leonardo M.
Vargas, Ronald
Vasques, Gustavo M.
Yigini, Yusuf
Rubiano, Yolanda
author_sort Díaz Guadarrama, Sergio
title Improving the Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System (SISLAC) database enhances its usability and scalability
title_short Improving the Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System (SISLAC) database enhances its usability and scalability
title_full Improving the Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System (SISLAC) database enhances its usability and scalability
title_fullStr Improving the Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System (SISLAC) database enhances its usability and scalability
title_full_unstemmed Improving the Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System (SISLAC) database enhances its usability and scalability
title_sort improving the latin america and caribbean soil information system (sislac) database enhances its usability and scalability
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spelling RepoAGROSAVIA397322024-08-01T03:00:53Z Improving the Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System (SISLAC) database enhances its usability and scalability Improving the Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System (SISLAC) database enhances its usability and scalability Díaz Guadarrama, Sergio Varón Ramírez, Viviana M. Lizarazo, Iván Guevara, Mario Angelini, Marcos Araujo Carrillo, Gustavo A. Argeñal, Jainer Armas, Daphne Balta, Rafael A. Bolivar, Adriana Bustamante, Nelson Dart, Ricardo O. Dell Acqua, Martin Encina, Arnulfo Figueredo, Hernán Fontes, Fernando Gutiérrez Díaz, Joan S. Jiménez, Wilmer Lavado, Raúl S. Mansilla Baca, Jesús F. Mendonça Santos, Maria de Lourdes Moretti, Lucas M. Muñoz, Iván D. Olivera, Carolina Olmedo, Guillermo Omuto, Christian Ortiz, Sol Pascale, Carla Pfeiffer, Marco Ramos, Iván A. Ríos, Danny Rivera, Rafael Rodriguez, Lady M. Rodríguez, Darío M. Rosales, Albán Rosales, Kenset Schulz, Guillermo Sevilla, Víctor Tenti, Leonardo M. Vargas, Ronald Vasques, Gustavo M. Yigini, Yusuf Rubiano, Yolanda Investigación agropecuaria - A50 Análisis del suelo Bases de datos Investigación Transversal http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7198 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24833 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6513 Spatial soil databases can help model complex phenomena in which soils are a decisive factor – for example, evaluating agricultural potential or estimating carbon storage capacity. The Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System, SISLAC, is a regional initiative promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Latin America and the Caribbean Soil Partnership to contribute to sustainable management of soil. SISLAC includes data from 49 084 soil profiles distributed unevenly across the continent, making it the region’s largest soil database. In addition, there are other soil databases in the region with about 40 000 soil profiles that can be integrated into SISLAC and improve it. However, some problems hinder its usages, such as the quality of the data and their high dimensionality. The objective of this research is evaluate the quality of the SISLAC data and the other available soil databases to generate a new improved version that meets the minimum quality requirements to be used for different purposes or practical applications. The results show that 15% of the existing soil profiles had an inaccurate description of the diagnostic horizons and 17% of the additional profiles already existed in SISLAC; therefore, a total of 32% of profiles were excluded for these two reasons. Further correction of an additional 4.5% of existing inconsistencies improved overall data quality. The improved database consists of 66 746 profiles and is available for public use at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7876731 (Díaz-Guadarrama and Guevara, 2023). 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