Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research updated S-map Online on 21 August 2025. For more information on the detail of these updates see here
At this stage 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:
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New mapping in this release
- 74,857 ha in Otago – Tuapeka West & Macraes - Moonlight Flats
- 17,211 ha in Canterbury – Pyramid Valley
- 20,921 ha in Tasman – Aorere & Nelson City
- 7,149 ha in Marlborough – Blind River
- 144,470 ha in Horizons – Upper Manawatu
- 183,495 ha in Taranaki – Waitara & South West Taranaki
- 165,387 ha in Waikato – South Waitomo
- 210,840 ha in Northland – Whangarei & Kerikeri
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Updated mapping in this release
- 11,616 ha in Taranaki – Eltham
- 2,514 ha in Northland – Whangarei
- 283,977 ha in North Canterbury
Minor corrections to soil attributes and soil names have been made throughout NZ.