I-USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) kanye neNyuvesi yaseCalifornia e-Davis Soil Resource Laboratory bakhiphe i-iOS ne-Android SoilWebapp, inguqulo 2.0. Uhlelo lokusebenza manje selinokuxhumana okuhlanzekile nesimanje okunezixhumanisi ezisuselwe endaweni ye-GPS ukuze kufinyelelwe idatha enemininingwane yocwaningo lwenhlabathi yedijithali (SSURGO) eshicilelwe yi-NRCS engxenyeni enkulu yase-United States. Uhlelo olusha olusha lwe-smartphone ye-SoilWeb luyatholakala njengendlela yokulanda mahhala -Google Play futhi Isitolo se-Apple App .
"I-SoilWeb ifinyelele ingqopha-mlando entsha kulo nyaka lapho ihlanganiswa ne-Google Amamephu futhi yakhelwe ukukala kunoma iyiphi idivayisi, ideskithophu, ithebhulethi noma i-smart phone,” kusho iNhloko ye-NRCS uMatthew Lohr. "Uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-SoilWeb luwukuxhumana okuphathekayo kudatha yocwaningo lwenhlabathi yedijithali egunyaziwe evela ku-NRCS, enikeza abasebenzisi ukufinyelela olwazini olusebenzayo lwenhlabathi yesayensi olusebenzayo ekuhambeni."
Uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-SoilWeb lunikeza abasebenzisi ulwazi oluhlobene nezinhlobo zenhlabathi ezihlotshaniswa nendawo yabo. Izithombe zibe sezixhunyaniswa nolwazi ngezinhlobo ezahlukene zephrofayili yenhlabathi, intela yenhlabathi, ukuhlukaniswa komhlaba, izilinganiso zamanzi nokuguguleka komhlabathi kanye nezilinganiso zokufaneleka komhlabathi. Ukuhlonza izinhlobo zenhlabathi kubalulekile ukuze uqonde umhlaba ngezinhloso zokukhiqiza ezolimo kanye nokunquma imvamisa yezikhukhula kanye nezindawo ezifanele zemigwaqo noma amathangi e-septic.
I-SoilWeb inikeza abalimi, abalimi, abadwebi bezindawo kanye nabanikazi bangempela ngolwazi oluhlobene nezinhlobo zenhlabathi kanye nendlela yokuwusebenzisa kahle umhlabathi. Nakuba ulwazi lwenhlolovo yenhlabathi lungasetshenziswa ezinhlelweni zepulazi, zendawo kanye nendawo ebanzi, ukuhlolwa kochwepheshe kungadingeka ukuze kwenezele lolu lwazi kwezinye izimo.
"I-SoilWeb iyindlela enhle yokuqonda indawo ohlala kuyo," kusho u-Anthony O'Geen, uProfesa we-UC Davis kanye Nochwepheshe Wokubambisana Kwezandiso Zokubambisana eMnyangweni Wezomhlaba, Umoya kanye Nemithombo Yamanzi. “Ukukhiqiza ukudla, ukwakha izakhiwo nokugcina indawo isesimweni esihle, konke kuncike kulolu ungqimba olungaqondwa kahle, kodwa olubalulekile olungaphandle koqweqwe lomhlaba, umhlabathi.”
Uhlelo lokusebenza lunikeza ukufinyelela kudatha yesayensi ebalulekile ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe besimanje. Lonke ulwazi lwenhlabathi ku-SoilWebwas oluqoqwe ku-National Cooperative Soil Survey, oluhlelwe yi-NRCS, futhi lufinyelela ulwazi lokuhlola umhlabathi i-ejensi ebilokhu iluqoqa kusukela ngawo-1890s. Isizindalwazi esiwumphumela, esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, senza kube nokwenzeka ngososayensi benhlabathi ukuba bakhe amabalazwe akhethekile besebenzisa amasu asekelwa ikhompuyutha.
U-O'Geen wenza i-SoilWeb ne-NRCS Soil Scientist uDylan Beaudette, ngo-2010 ngenkathi u-Beaudette eseyiPh.D. umfundi e-UC Davis. Uhlelo lokusebenza beluludawunilode oludumile, kodwa ngo-2017 lwalungasahambisani nezidingo ezibekwe yi-Apple ne-Google. Abasebenzisi abavamile be-SoilWeb kwakudingeka bathembele enguqulweni esekelwe kuwebhu kusukela ngo-2017 kuya kuJuni 2019. Noma yibaphi abasebenzisi abanenguqulo endala ocingweni lwabo bangenza isibuyekezo esilula ukuze bafinyelele inguqulo entsha. Uhlelo lokusebenza luwumkhiqizo wobambiswano lweminyaka engu-14 phakathi kwe-NRCS ne-UC Davis College of Land, Air and Water Resources.