text: Application of GIS in General Soil Mapping of Bangladesh
  Vol.09 No.05(2017), Article ID:80034,18 pages
  10.4236/jgis.2017.95038
  Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
  Received: August 24, 2017; Accepted: October 28, 2017; Published: October 31, 2017
  Islam, Md.A., Hasan, Md.A. and Farukh, M.A. (2017) Application of GIS in General Soil Mapping of Bangladesh. Journal of Geographic Information System, 9, 604-621. https://doi.org/10.4236/jgis.2017.95038
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