Information included in soil-agricultural maps at a scale of 1:5,000 can be used for the purposes of drafting other documents, such as soil quality and agricultural suitability maps that facilitate comparative valuation of plots in land consolidation proceedings. This study focuses on monographic review of existing literature on application of fuzzy functions and multi-criteria analysis for the purposes of drafting digital soil maps, as well as on presenting the possible application thereof in Polish conditions. The obtained results indicate that it is necessary to develop a system of geographic information on soils, which should contain data on soil agricultural suitability complexes and on soil properties. Development of such a system requires application of digital soil modeling techniques based on fuzzy set theory and on fuzzy logic, as well as introduction of continuous classification of complexes – which will facilitate reproduction of the continuous nature of soil changes in the geographic space and in the attributes space. Such material could constitute the basis for other analysis – e.g. analysis performed during land valuation process, where the reliability of data would ensure more credible results.

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