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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-269-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-269-2020
Original research article
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14 Jul 2020
Original research article |  | 14 Jul 2020

Oblique geographic coordinates as covariates for digital soil mapping

Anders Bjørn Møller, Amélie Marie Beucher, Nastaran Pouladi, and Mogens Humlekrog Greve

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Decision trees have become a widely adapted tool for mapping soil properties in geographic space. However, it is problematic to implement spatial relationships in the models. We present a new method which uses geographic coordinates along several axes tilted at oblique angles in the models. We test this method on four spatial datasets. The results show that the new method is at least as accurate as other proposed alternatives, has a computational advantage and is flexible and interpretable.