Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research updated their S-map tool on 29 August 2024. 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, there is 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:
- 201,660 ha in Wellington – Wairarapa West Coast
- 9,656 ha in Marlborough – Upper Wairau River valley
- 27,655 ha in Tasman – Tapawera Valley and Moutere Valley
- 64,625 ha in Otago – Moa Flats
- 45,999 ha in Southland – Chatton North and Curio Bay
- 158,000 ha in Northland - Kaikohe, Dargaville and Poutō Peninsula
Updated mapping:
- 123,698 ha in Bay of Plenty – Kaituna and Maketū Water Management areas
- 240,000 ha Motueka Hill Country, Tasman
Minor corrections to soil attributes and soil names have been made throughout NZ.
Minor bug fixes in the S-map inference engine and leading to corrections to some estimated soil properties.