Soil Quality Assessment using GIS and Parameter Indexing Method

Abstract

Abstract

This study is conducted to examine the quality of soil in Chamarajanagara district, Karnataka, India, by using five different parameters such as Soil Parental Material, Soil Texture, Soil Depth, Soil Infiltration Capacity and Slope. Based on the quality, indexes were assigned for sub-parameters. Then soil quality was computed by using geographical information systems, which deals with spatially referenced raster and vector data. The result found that the soils were in moderate, high and very high quality with spatial distribution of 1527.27, 3173.76 and 126.48 km² respectively, and there is no low or very low quality of soil.

Keywords: Soil quality, index method, GIS.

Cite this Article

Vinay M, Ramu, Mahalingam B. Soil Quality Assessment using GIS and Parameter Indexing Method. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology. 2016; 5(1): 16–24p.