The Soil Area Calculation Service of FarmBuild's JavaScript library is available through the GITHUB Repository.

The Soil Area Calculation Service is a web service that returns the spatial intersection of the Farm Data Block (farm boundry and paddocks as defined by the user) with the soil survey information currently known for the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District (GMID). It can be integrated into new or existing platforms.

The Soils of the GMID dataset is also available as a web feature service. You can find more information on the soil surveys conducted in the GMID region on Victorian Resources Online.

The Soil Area Calculation Service requires a valid OAuth2 protocol Token (authentication) in order to connect to the FarmBuild Identity service. The process to obtain successful authentication to the Soil Area Calculation Service is to:

 

The Soil Area Calculation Service sample includes the ability to:

 

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The Soil Area Calculation Service has been designed to write the soil description, and farm paddock data into a specified JSON structure called the Farm Data Block. Through the JSON structure, the JSON exports are interoperable with the other FarmBuild components. 

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