Guidelines for conducting Soil Surveys in South Africa

A proper soil survey is a very useful set of information for the land user. The purpose of this book is to provide guidelines to the soil surveyor in order to conduct a proper soil survey. First step is to establish the purpose of the survey in co-operation with the client, followed by proper planning of the project. Performing a proper survey entails field observations and logging data, usually by GPS location. The filed data is then used to create a soil map, indicating the soil variation of the subject area.

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