Articles & Resources

Articles and Resources

Getting Started: How to Identify Soils Using LandPKS Soil ID

LandPKS Soil ID logo, with the words "How to measure soil texture" above a picture of a phone and a hand making a soil ribbon
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How to measure soil texture (with video)

Professor Dmytruk and his students digging a pit to assess the soil properties and determine soil identification using LandPKS Soil ID in Ukraine.
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Healing Ukraine’s Soils: LandPKS Supports Agricultural Recovery Through International Collaboration

A display of Soil Maps, Including SSURGO, STATSGO, and FAO HWSD
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Soil Maps used by LandPKS

Cover image for Ukrainian Translation of the LandPKS Soil ID App User Guide
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КЕРІВНИЦТВО З ОПИСУ ГРУНТІВ З ВИКОРИСТАННЯМ МОБІЛЬНОГО ЗАСТОСУНКУ LandPKS Soil ID

Cover image of Libro Guía para el Diagnóstico y Manejo Sostenible de Los Suelos Bajo Uso Ganadero, Caso de La Plata, Huila showing a person collecting measurements from a soil pit in Colombia.
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Libro Guía para el Diagnóstico y Manejo Sostenible de Los Suelos Bajo Uso Ganadero, Caso de La Plata, Huila

Map of sites evaluated in La Plata, Colombia, for the use of the LandPKS application
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LandPKS feasibility study in La Plata, Colombia

7 soil samples of different colors
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Introduction to Soil Color

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How does the Soil ID algorithm work?

A person's hand holding soil. Image by Jing from Pixabay
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What is Soil ID and why does it matter?

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Evaluating mobile applications for estimating soil properties: Quality of current apps, limitations and future directions

A person's hands with a clump of soil, demonstrating hand-texturing technique.
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A Comparison of Soil Texture‐by‐Feel Estimates – Implications for the Citizen Soil Scientist

A user holds their phone camera over samples of soil and yellow post-it notes to determine soil color.
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Measurement of Soil Color – A Comparison Between Smartphone Camera and the Munsell Color Charts

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