Digital soil suitability map of Switzerland - Crop type

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On the soil suitability map, each mapping unit has a code consisting of an uppercase letter and a number. The letters stand for 25 different physiographical units. The numbers represent different elements of the landscape, categorised by bedrock, slope and gradient. Each mapping unit also correspon…

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Officialnessweight 25%40/100
40/100 from 5 proof signals (domain / portal-backlink / GitHub-org / reciprocal / policy).
Availabilityweight 25%100/100
Latest verification succeeded.
Metadata completenessweight 20%70/100
7 of 10 recommended metadata fields populated.
License clarityweight 15%50/100
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40% - Official domain (admin.ch)

Data schema (4 fields)

Field	Type	Description
idch.blw.bodeneignung-kulturtyp.id	integer	—
symb_colorch.blw.bodeneignung-kulturtyp.symb_color	varchar	—
farbech.blw.bodeneignung-kulturtyp.farbe	integer	—
eignungseich.blw.bodeneignung-kulturtyp.eignungsei	varchar	—

Schema captured from arcgis 1 day ago.

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Configuration

Base URL: https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.blw.bodeneignung-kulturtyp

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curl -s 'https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.blw.bodeneignung-kulturtyp?f=json' -H 'Accept: application/json'

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