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ISRIC SoilGrids

Global: 250 m soil-property rasters at standard depths, via WCS and WebDAV

Freeauth: noneCC-BY-4.0✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree keyless WCS and WebDAV.
Sign-up?: None neededCall it straight away
Commercial use?: YesCC-BY-4.0, with credit

The fine print

License note: The SoilGrids product page places the maps under CC BY 4.0 and links the 4.0 deed. Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Required by CC BY 4.0: credit ISRIC SoilGrids.

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// Overview

ISRIC SoilGrids

ISRIC World Soil Information publishes SoilGrids, global gridded maps of soil properties such as organic carbon and pH, through a keyless OGC Web Coverage Service and a WebDAV file tree.

Coverage

Global: 250 m soil-property rasters at standard depths, via WCS and WebDAV.

Good for

#weather#soil#climate#wcs#api#open-data

Verdict

A global soil-property layer for agronomy and land models, alongside fao-wapor. Licence: CC-BY-4.0: the product page says "The SoilGrids maps are publicly available on the SoilGrids website under the CC-BY 4.0 License." and links the 4.0 deed. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free keyless WCS and WebDAV.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	CC-BY-4.0
License note	The SoilGrids product page places the maps under CC BY 4.0 and links the 4.0 deed. Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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// Full record · catalog.json

name: ISRIC SoilGrids
slug: isric-soilgrids
category: Weather
domain: Weather
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/isric-soilgrids
providerUrl: https://maps.isric.org/mapserv?map=/map/ocs.map&SERVICE=WCS&VERSION=2.0.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free keyless WCS and WebDAV.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://maps.isric.org/mapserv?map=/map/ocs.map&SERVICE=WCS&VERSION=2.0.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
coverage: Global: 250 m soil-property rasters at standard depths, via WCS and WebDAV.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://maps.isric.org/mapserv?map=/map/ocs.map&SERVICE=WCS&VERSION=2.0.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
https://isric.org/explore/soilgrids
https://files.isric.org/soilgrids/latest/data/
https://files.isric.org/soilgrids/latest/data/README.md
tasks: weather
soil
climate
wcs
api
open-data
license: CC-BY-4.0
licenseUrl: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
licenseNote: The SoilGrids product page places the maps under CC BY 4.0 and links the 4.0 deed. Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Required by CC BY 4.0: credit ISRIC SoilGrids.

// The same record over MCP

Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "isric-soilgrids"
    }
  }
}

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ISRIC SoilGrids

Coverage

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Verdict

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// Full record · catalog.json

// The same record over MCP

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