Digital soil map of Quintana Roo, Mexico

Patricia Fragoso-Servón, Alberto Pereira Corona, Francisco Bautista Zúñiga and Gonzalo de Jesús Zapata Buenfil

Journal of Maps, 2017, vol. 13, issue 2, 449-456

Abstract: A digital soil map of Quintana Roo was compiled at a 50 m pixel resolution using a geomorphopedological approach to produce a map that reflects a synoptic view of the geomorphology, environmental conditions and associated soils. Initially, it was developed using a geopedological approach and then converted to a digital map. The map was derived from soil-forming factors using mathematical methods to infer information in places where data were not available. Its compilation included three stages; the first two follow the geopedological approach that consists of a synthesis of data from the characterization of the geomorphological landscapes (vertical dissection, karst geomorphometrics, failures, geology) and soils, and the third stage incorporating environmental components (climate and vegetation) and related variables through various methods of statistical analysis (cluster, principal components and classification analysis) to obtain the pattern of soil distribution and to develop a model for the digital soil map of the study area.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2017.1328317

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