The app gives access to valuable scientific data through modern technology. “Producing food, constructing structures and maintaining landscapes all depend on this little understood but critical outermost layer of the earth’s crust, the soil.” “SoilWeb is a great way to understand the landscape you live in,” said Anthony O’Geen, UC Davis Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist in the department of land, air, and water resources. Although soil survey information can be used for general farm, local, and wider area planning, a professional onsite evaluation may be needed to supplement this information in some cases.
SoilWeb provides gardeners, landscapers and realtors with information relating to soil types and how to optimally use the soil. Identifying soil types is important to understanding land for agricultural production purposes and determining flooding frequencies and suitable locations for roads or septic tanks. The images are then linked to information about the different types of soil profiles, soil taxonomy, land classification, hydraulic and erosion ratings, and soil suitability ratings. The SoilWeb app provides users with information relating to soil types that are associated with their location.
“The SoilWeb app is a portable interface to authoritative digital soil survey data from NRCS, giving users access to practical, detailed scientific soil information on the go.” “SoilWeb reached a new milestone this year when it was integrated with Google Maps and designed to scale across any device, desktop, tablet, or smart phone,” said NRCS Chief Matthew Lohr. The newly updated SoilWeb smartphone application is available as a free download on Google Play and the Apple App Store. The app now has a cleaner and more modern interface with GPS-location-based links to access detailed digital soil survey data (SSURGO) published by the NRCS for most of the United States.
Max 788.USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the University of California, Davis Soil Resource Laboratory today announced the release of the iOS and Android SoilWeb app, version 2.0. This enables enhanced analysis of longer-term process and new synergistic opportunities from new observing systems.
These key geophysical parameters, soil moisture for hydrology studies and salinity for enhanced understanding of ocean circulation, are both vital for climate change models.Īlthough designed as a five-year mission, the Programme Board for Earth Observation has recommended the approval of the extension of SMOS mission operations based on its excellent technical and scientific performance until end 2021 (and beyond). It is the first mission to provide, from microwave L-band measurements, global observations of variability in soil moisture and sea surface salinity due to continuous exchange in Earth's water cycle between the oceans, the atmosphere and the land. The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission, launched on 2 November 2009, is one of the European Space Agency's Earth Explorer missions, which form the science and research element of the Living Planet Programme.