Soil Data Viewer 6.0
for ArcGIS 10.0
2013 IGIC Conference
Muncie, Indiana
Chris Morse, NRCS State GIS Coordinator
Rick Neilson, Assistant State Soil Scientist
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Overview
• Soil Data Viewer can be used to create reports
and thematic maps associated with soil
attributes, typically at the map unit level
• SDV 6.0 is compatible with ArcGIS 10.0
– 6.1 is in development for use with 10.1 and up
• Demonstrate how to download, setup, and
use SSURGO data with SDV
• Demonstrate how to load SDV toolbar into
ArcMap
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Topics
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Soil Data Mart Downloads (10 minutes)
Database Set Up (5 minutes)
SDV 6.0 Add-In Procedure (5 minutes)
Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap (10 minutes)
Questions (5 minutes)
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Soil Data Mart
• Current NRCS site for public download of
SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic) GIS data
http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov
• Soil Data Mart will be shutting down in the
near future
• Download access will be moving to Web Soil
Survey (WSS) at WSS 3.0 release
http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov
(Current WSS release is 2.3)
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Soil Data Mart
• Downloading Indiana data to use with SDV 6.0
– Download Spatial AND Tabular (database) files
– Download Shapefiles
• File Geodatabases are not supported by SDV 6.0, but
will be supported in SDV 6.1 (in development)
– Select the Indiana Template Access 2002
Database, latest version (version 33 as of 4/26/13)
– Select a coordinate system for best compatibility
with your work and the geographic location of
interest
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Soil Data Mart
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Soil Data Mart
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Soil Data Mart
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Soil Data Mart
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Soil Data Mart
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Soil Data Mart
Sample E-mail
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Downloading in Web Soil Survey 3.0
(Link pending final release)
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Downloading in Web Soil Survey 3.0
Set options and links are
available on the page
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Database Set Up
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Database Set Up
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Database Set Up
Database first time run and import
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Database Set Up
Import complete; close Access database when done
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SDV 6.0 Add-In Procedure
• Close ArcGIS if running
• Install Soil Data Viewer 6.0 (requires admin)
– Download links and instructions at:
http://soils.usda.gov/sdv/download60.html
• Run the ESRI Add-In file to add an SDV launch
icon to ArcMap 10.0 (does not require admin)
• Customize ArcMap menus to activate/display
the SDV toolbar/button
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SDV 6.0 Add-In Procedure
• After install, the ESRI Add-In file is found at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\USDA\Soil Data Viewer 6.0
• Double-click SDVArcMapAddin.esriAddIn
• Click Install Add-In
• Close the installer if it does not
close automatically
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SDV 6.0 Add-In Procedure
• Start ArcMap
• Enter Customize Mode
• Activate the SDV Toolbar
• A one button toolbar appears
• Dock the toolbar/button
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Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap
• Add soil polygon map unit data to the map
• (Optional) Use Clip from ArcToolbox to extract
an area of interest from the larger survey
– Requires another polygon file to be created for
use as the clipping extent
• Activate Soil Data Viewer from the toolbar
button
• Select soil layer from the map to use as the
spatial component
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Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap
• Select soil layer from the map to use as the
spatial component
• Select soil tabular database to associate with
the spatial layer
– This is the database we built earlier, stored in the
tabular folder if you followed these instructions
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Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap
• If SDV was previously used with a different
survey area, a soil unit mismatch error
message will appear instead. Click OK to
bypass the message.
• If you get the error message and bypass it, you
need to click the folder on the Database line in
the next window and navigate to a SSURGO
database that corresponds to your spatial data
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Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap
• When spatial and tabular data are synced, the
status in the lower right is green
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Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap
• When spatial and tabular data are not synced,
the status in the lower right is red
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Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap
• Basic Mode > Select a folder and topic report
• Click Report for a report, Map for a map
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Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap
• Example Report
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Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap
• Example Map
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Using SDV 6.0 with ArcMap
• Use Data > Export Data to make permanent
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Questions?
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