Interpreting soil data from the Papua New Guinea Resource Information System (PNGRIS).

Abstract

The Papua New Guinea Resource Information System (PNGRIS) is an inventory of natural resources, land use and population distribution. At a scale of 1:500,000 it is the most comprehensive assembly of information on PNG soils and their distribution. PNGRIS is an easily accessible source of soil data at a level suitable for national and provincial planning. In this paper, examples are given how the soil data can be used illustrating the value of this computerized database with its linked mapping capability.