Soil And Land Information System (SALIS) for New South Wales

The Soil and Land Information System (SALIS) of New South Wales (NSW) provides a substantial database of information on soils, landscapes, and other geographic features, and is used by the NSW Government, other organizations and individuals to improve planning and decision-making for natural resource management. SALIS contains: (1) physical and chemical soil profile data from more than 70,000 points across NSW; AND (2) several soil map data sets, including the NSW Soil Landscapes (based on 1:100,000 or 1:250,000 map tiles), NSW Soil and Land Resources (seamless coverages based on major catchment areas), and Land Systems of Western NSW. Data users can access soil and land information from SALIS free-of-charge using the eSPADE spatial viewer system, which provides access to both soil profile and soil map information from SALIS and other sources. Digital spatial soil data are also accessible from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) data download site. The SALIS database is constantly updated as new information on the State's soil resources becomes available.