Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) a me ke Kulanui o Kaleponi ma Davis Soil Resource Laboratory i ka iOS a me Android SoilWebapp, version 2.0. He maʻemaʻe a ʻoi aku ka maʻemaʻe o ka polokalamu me nā loulou pili i ka GPS-wahi e kiʻi ai i ka ʻike kikoʻī kikoʻī o ka ʻikepili lepo (SSURGO) i paʻi ʻia e ka NRCS no ka hapa nui o ʻAmelika. Loaʻa ka polokalamu kelepona ʻo SoilWeb hou ma ke ʻano he hoʻoiho manuahi ma Google Play a ʻO Apple App Store .
"Ua hōʻea ʻo SoilWeb i kahi milestone hou i kēia makahiki i ka wā i hoʻohui ʻia ai me Google Maps a i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻonui i kēlā me kēia hāmeʻa, desktop, papa a i ʻole kelepona akamai, "wahi a NRCS Chief Matthew Lohr. "He polokalamu kelepona ʻo SoilWeb i ka ʻikepili noiʻi ʻāina kikohoʻe mana mai NRCS, e hāʻawi ana i nā mea hoʻohana i ka ʻike kikoʻī kikoʻī o ka ʻāina ʻepekema ma ka hele."
Hāʻawi ka SoilWeb app i nā mea hoʻohana i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā ʻano lepo i pili i ko lākou wahi. Hoʻopili ʻia nā kiʻi i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka palapala ʻāina, ka ʻauhau ʻāina, ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka ʻāina, nā helu hydraulic a me nā erosion a me nā helu kūpono o ka lepo. He mea nui ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻano lepo no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻāina no ka hana ʻana i ka mahiʻai a me ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā alapine kahe a me nā wahi kūpono no nā alanui a i ʻole nā pahu septic.
Hāʻawi ʻo SoilWeb i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā ʻano lepo a pehea e hoʻohana pono ai i ka lepo. ʻOiai hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻike anana ʻāina no ka mahiʻai maʻamau, ka hoʻolālā ʻāina a me ka hoʻolālā ʻāina ākea, pono paha kahi loiloi loea ma ka pūnaewele e hoʻohui i kēia ʻike i kekahi mau hihia.
"He ala maikaʻi loa ka SoilWeb e hoʻomaopopo ai i ka ʻāina āu e noho ai," wahi a Anthony O'Geen, UC Davis Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist ma ke Keʻena ʻĀina, Ea a me Waiwai. "ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai, ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hale a me ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻāina āpau e pili ana i kēia mea liʻiliʻi i hoʻomaopopo ʻia, akā koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi o waho o ka ʻōpala o ka honua, ka lepo."
Hāʻawi ka app i ke komo i ka ʻikepili ʻepekema waiwai ma o ka ʻenehana hou. ʻO nā ʻike lepo āpau ma SoilWebwas i hōʻiliʻili ʻia mai ka National Cooperative Soil Survey, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka NRCS, a loaʻa i ka ʻike noiʻi lepo a ke keʻena e hōʻiliʻili nei mai ka makahiki 1890. ʻO ka ʻikepili hopena, ʻo ia ka mea nui loa ma ka honua, hiki i nā ʻepekema lepo ke hana i nā palapala ʻāina kūikawā me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻenehana kōkua kamepiula.
Ua hoʻomohala ʻo O'Geen i ka SoilWeb me NRCS Soil Scientist Dylan Beaudette, i ka makahiki 2010 i ko Beaudette he Ph.D. haumāna ma UC Davis. He mea hoʻoiho kaulana ka app, akā ma ka makahiki 2017 ʻaʻole i hoʻokō hou i nā koi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Apple a me Google. Pono nā mea hoʻohana maʻamau o SoilWeb e hilinaʻi i ka mana pūnaewele mai 2017 a Iune 2019. Hiki i nā mea hoʻohana me ka mana kahiko ma kā lākou kelepona ke hana i kahi mea hou e hiki ai ke komo i ka mana hou. He huahana ia o ka hui 14 makahiki ma waena o NRCS a me UC Davis College of Land, Air and Water Resources.