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How to extract soil data from HWSD using arcgis?

I need to get soil data from Harmonized World Soils Database (HWSD) to 1000 points. I was successful in connecting the Microsoft Access database provided by HWSD to ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 using Build Raster Attribute Table tool.

But when I use the tool Extract Values to Points in order to obtain the variables data, only values of MU_Global are extracted.

Is there a way to get an attribute table with all the variables for each of my points?

Solution

  • You still want to use Extract Values to Points, but make sure you properly set the add_attributes parameter.

    Determines if the raster attributes are written to the output point feature dataset.

    • VALUE_ONLY — Only the value of the input raster is added to the point attributes. This is the default.
    • ALL — All the fields from the input raster (except Count) will be added to the point attributes.