Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research updated their S-map tool in December 2023. For more information on the detail of these updates see here
Overseer Limited will not be updating all analyses automatically following the update to S-maps. Instead, we have introduced a “Check for S-map soil updates” button within each farm account. For guidance on using this see here.
The changes within this update to S-map online are as follows:
New mapping in this release:
- 59kHa of in the Taranaki region (Waitara to Hawea)
- 9.8kHa in the Tasman region (Motueka and Wakefield areas);
- 79kHa in the Canterbury region (Banks Peninsula);
- 143kHa in the Otago region (Catlins area);
- 65kHa in Southland (Mokoreta area).
Upgraded mapping:
- 9.5kHa in the Marlborough region (Awatere Valley).
- The new Rotorua Lakes to Ōtamarākau S-map soil survey will replace a significant area of existing S-map coverage in the Bay of Plenty region. The area upgraded is approximately 170kHa ha, covering the Rotorua Lakes catchment and north to the coast between the Kaituna River and the Pikowai Stream.
- Another replaced area is part of the Eltham survey in Taranaki. Further information on these changes is available here
Minor corrections to soil attributes and soil names have been made throughout NZ.
Minor bug fixes have also been completed.