Bohumil ŠURINA, Bohdan JURÁNI

Soil mapping and soil maps in Slovakia

Šurina, B., Juráni, B.: Soil mapping and soil maps in Slovakia. Kartografické listy, 1997, 5, 2 figs., 4 refs.

Abstract: The first soil research and mapping on the territory of Slovakia were made to the end of last century. However, the systematic and Complex Soil Survey and Mapping of whole agricultural land of Slovakia has been performing after the 2nd world war, chiefly after the establishment of present Research Institute of Soil Fertility in Bratislava in the year 1960. The present stage represents the period of soil maps digitizing and data-base processing.

Keywords: development of soil mapping and important soil maps in Slovakia