Terraso’s LandPKS Soil ID Bears First Fruit

The Terraso team has been working hard to finish the first release of the Land Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) Soil ID App. We are excited to announce that “Soil ID – US” is now available for download in the Apple and Google stores.

While still in its infancy, the app already provides U.S.-based users with an easy-to-use tool for soil identification. Whether you are a seasoned agricultural professional or a community steward dedicated to sustainable land management, this app will equip you with the knowledge and insights needed to start making informed decisions about your land.

Key Features:

Soil Identification – Discover the soil type and ecological site description (ESD) of a site by measuring key soil properties such as texture, color, and rock fragments.
Projects – Group and configure multiple sites and collaborate on data collection with a team. Managers can set required data inputs, user roles, and more.
Notes – Add multiple searchable notes per site and share them with your team.
Custom Soil Depths – Define soil depths according to what is observed at a site, or configure consistent depths for all the sites in a project.

Join Us in This Exciting Journey

Screenshots of three different screens of the app. The first is showing the soil identification screen. The second shows a site information screen. The third shows the project screen.

Upcoming additions to the LandPKS Soil ID family will include support for any location worldwide, offline capabilities, multiple languages, and a web data portal. In the meantime, we invite you to explore the current Soil ID app during this soft launch phase and provide feedback. Your insights will help us continue to refine and enhance the app, ensuring it meets your needs and those of our diverse user community.

Visit landpks.terraso.org today to learn more and join us in building a sustainable future through better soil management. Together, we can significantly impact land conservation, agricultural productivity, and community resilience.

Stay tuned for updates as we continue to develop and expand the capabilities of the Soil ID app. Thank you for being part of the Terraso community. We look forward to your feedback and to seeing the incredible ways you will use Soil ID to enhance your land stewardship efforts. Let’s work together to manage our lands sustainably!

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Amaya Webster

Amaya is a tech-for-good geek with more than a decade of experience. Prior to joining Tech Matters, Amaya worked at Benetech creating software-for-good as the project manager for their R&D initiative, and the community and marketing manager for their work on digital accessibility of STEM educational materials. Amaya believes that there is little more rewarding than doing work which creates positive, sustainable impact. With degrees in anthropology, biology, and art, a career in tech may not have been the obvious choice, but she has found that her eclectic background lends itself particularly well to the tech-for-good field—especially when it comes to user-centric product design, research, and creative approaches to problem solving and strategy design.

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