Take a tour of LandPKS being used in the field.
LandPKS
A free modular mobile phone app connected to global databases, models, and cloud-based storage.
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LandPKS: The App
LandInfo Module
A module for rapid soil (texture, color) characterization, soil identification, and accessing soil and ecological site information.
LandCover Module
A module for rapid vegetation monitoring (vegetation composition, plant height, and canopy/basal gaps).
Global Use Cases
LandPKS is a USAID-funded project that is implemented by the USDA-ARS. Click on each highlighted region below to learn more examples of how LandPKS is being used in each.
LandPKS Celebrates OpenTEAM Launch
LandPKS celebrated the launch of the OpenTEAM collaboration over the past few weeks. OpenTEAM, or Open Technology Ecosystem for Agriculture Management, is a partnership founded by the Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment, Stonyfield Organic, USDA’s LandPKS project,…
LandPKS Release 3.3.0 – Introducing SoilID and LandManagement
Release 3.3.0 What’s New: SoilID function to accurately predict your soil LandManagement module for farm record keeping Access soil and climate information and create plots on map/satellite image Download or update the app in your phone at the App Store for…
LandPKS Pilot Testing with Local Level Participatory Land Use Planning in Ethiopia
In the month of August, our Ethiopia Local Coordinator Adane Buni organized a series of trainings and pilot tests with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Land Administration and Use Directorate. The training series included a Training of…
Brilliant! Many thanks and I look forward to viewing the updates/mods! Best wishes to the LandPKS team for all their hard work to meet varied users’ needs!
Thanks a lot for this. It has been useful in our day-to-day activities.
…still in love with our planet’s magical soils…thank you for all you do! keep up the great work.