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This wiki holds the long-form context that doesn't fit in the API docs or the README: when to use which classification, what the pedotransfer functions actually compute, how to wire the library into a GeoTIFF pipeline, and how it stacks up against alternatives.

If you're new, start with the README — it's enough to classify your first sample. Then come back here when one of the following questions shows up:

If you want to…	Read
See the kind of maps pedotri actually produces	Examples-gallery
Pick the right classification for your region	Classifications & when to use them
Understand why classifications conflict and how pedotri tries to help	Classification-challenges
Classify with SoilGrids-style Q05/Q95 uncertainty and get class probabilities	Uncertainty-aware classification
Aggregate a region (village / commune / farm) into a posterior — incl. SOC stock	Regional aggregation & SOC stock
Align mismatched-resolution rasters (SoilGrids 250 m + WorldCover 10 m + UTM DEM)	Reprojection & target grids
Propagate spatially-correlated uncertainty (not the lower-bound independent-pixel mode)	Spatial correlation
Compute slope / aspect / curvature / TWI from a DEM	DEM-derived indices
Document an LCA pipeline with ISO 14040 / 14044 traceability	ISO 14040 auditability
Classify the same sample under USDA + FAO + regional schemes at once	Classifications & when to use them
Convert sand/silt/clay between USDA, ISSS, KA5	Soil-conversions
Predict water retention, Kₛ, bulk density	Pedotransfer-functions
Plug lab reports (g/kg, organic carbon) into pedotri	Units-and-organic-matter
Classify a whole GeoTIFF (e.g. SoilGrids)	GeoTIFF-and-SoilGrids
Build a soil-texture map (regional grids or sparse field samples)	Map-products-and-field-sampling
See how pedotri compares to soiltexture	Benchmark-vs-soiltexture
Add a custom regional classification	Custom-classifications-in-practice

Why a wiki?

The mkdocs site is the reference manual: function signatures, argument tables, the canonical class list. This wiki is the field guide — worked examples, tradeoffs, and the why-do-it-this-way explanations that age faster than the API does. Pages here can ship snippets, quote the literature loosely, and link out to data sources without adding maintenance load to the main docs.

Versioning

Wiki pages target the latest minor release on PyPI. Where an example depends on a feature that landed in a specific version (e.g. pedotri.raster arrived in 0.2.0), the page calls that out explicitly.