Harmonized World Soil Database (version 1.0) The Harmonized World Soil Database is a 30 arc-second raster database with over 15000 different soil mapping units that combines existing regional and national updates of soil information worldwide (SOTER, ESD, Soil Map of China, WISE) with the information contained within the 1:5.000.000 scale FAO-UNESCO Soil Map of the World (FAO, 19711981). The Harmonized World Soil Database, developed by IIASA with help from FAO, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ISRIC, and JRC.
