Data on CDROM produced by the Land and Water Development Division, FAO. Data is in vector format for 10 major continental regions: a raster version with added data on soil characteristics and qualities at the national level is in preparation (1995).
A World Soils Dataset was produced from this by L. Zobler, and the dataset is available from NASA and NCAR.The major components of the data set are soil classification, soil texture, soil slope and a file reconciling the differences between Matthew’s Global Vegetation Data Set and FAO sources. The resolution of the data is one degree latitude by one degree longitude. Details are available on WWW.