fetchOSD: Fetch Official Series Description (OSD) Data
In soilDB: Soil Database Interface

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Note Author(s) References Examples

This functions fetches a limited subset of horizon and site-level attributes for named soil series, from the SoilWeb system.

1	fetchOSD(soils)

soils

a character vector of named soil series

the search is case-insensitive

a SoilProfileCollection object containing basic soil morphology and taxonomic information.

SoilWeb maintains a snapshot of the Official Series Description data. Please use the link above for the live data.

D.E. Beaudette

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/soils/home/

## Not run: 
# soils of interest
s.list <- c('musick', 'cecil', 'drummer', 'amador', 'pentz', 
'reiff', 'san joaquin', 'montpellier', 'grangeville', 'pollasky', 'ramona')

# fetch and convert data into an SPC
s <- fetchOSD(s.list)

# plot profiles
# moist soil colors
par(mar=c(0,0,0,0))
plot(s, name='hzname', cex.names=0.85, axis.line.offset=-4)

## End(Not run)