Soil Mapper

Usage Instructions

1. Downloading Detailed Soil Survey Coverages
2. Importing .e00 Files
3. Applying Standard Legends
4. Opening Associated Soil Coverage Tables

Downloading Detailed Soil Survey Coverages

Detailed soil survey data can be downloaded using the Metadata web application at http://wms1.agr.gc.ca/cgi-bin/mapmeta?mode=browse. Choose the "Query" tool and click on the green (complete dataset) or yellow (incomplete dataset) areas on the map. Click on the available Arc/Info dataset in the "GIS data" column - this will download the zip file to a folder.

You will need to unzip (download WinZip) the detailed soil survey data. Extract all of the files to a folder. You should see up to three .e00 files (soil.e00, hydro.e00, civil.e00) as well as some text files. If you already have some soil, hydro, or civil .e00 files in this directory, you should rename them so that you don't overwrite them when unzipping the new files. It is important that the e00 filenames do not contain any blank spaces. You should keep the word 'soil', 'hydro', or 'civil' in the file name for clarity.

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Importing .e00 Files

To load detailed soil survey data from e00 files into Arcview, select the "Import e00 files" item from the Project File menu, or a View's File Menu. Select one or more e00 files you wish to import (press the Shift key for multiple files) and click OK.
Specify the directory you wish to put the coverage directory in. It is important that your coverage name contain the word 'soil', 'hydro', or 'civil' . The name should not be more than 13 characters long in order for the import to work successfully. The status bar at the bottom left of the arcview window will show the name of the e00 file that you area currently importing.
Once the e00 files are imported, you will be asked if you'd like to place the imported covers into the current view, a new view, or if you don't want to add the coverages to a view at all. Select one of the options and click OK.

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Applying Standard Legends

Once you have Soil, Hydro, and/or Civil themes in a view, you can apply appropriate legends to the themes. In the View containing the themes, click on the new legend button that appears in the button bar.    You will be reminded that the theme names must contain the words "Soil", "Hydro", or "Civil", in order for the appropriate legends to be applied. If the theme names aren't correct, click "No" and change the theme name in Theme/Properties. If the theme names are correct, Click "Yes" to proceed. You will be asked if you want to change the "Soil" legend - you might have a customized legend for the soil themes in the view that you don't want to change. This extension will order the themes correctly (hydro and civil overlaying soil), and will apply appropriate legend colours.

Before standard legends are applied	After standard legends are applied

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Opening Associated Soil Coverage Tables

To open the associated tables for a soil coverage, first make a soil theme in the view active:
Then you can click the table button that appears in the button bar.   
This will load the CMP, LAYER, NAME, and MAPUNIT tables for the active Soil themes.
At this stage, you may want to use the Component Table mapper that is provided elsewhere on this site.

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