USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) na Mahadum California dị na Davis Soil Resource Laboratory ewepụtala iOS na Android SoilWebapp, ụdị 2.0. Ngwa ugbu a nwere interface dị ọcha yana nke ọgbara ọhụrụ nwere njikọ dabere na ọnọdụ GPS iji nweta data nyocha ala dijitalụ zuru ezu (SSURGO) nke NRCS bipụtara maka ọtụtụ United States. Ngwa ama SoilWeb emelitere ọhụrụ dị ka nbudata n'efu Google Play na Apple App Store .
"SoilWeb ruru ihe dị ịrịba ama ọhụrụ n'afọ a mgbe ejikọtara ya na Google Maps wee hazie ya ka ọ gafee ngwaọrụ ọ bụla, desktọpụ, mbadamba ma ọ bụ ekwentị smart," NRCS Chief Matthew Lohr kwuru. "ngwa SoilWeb bụ ngwa nwere ike ibugharị na data nyocha ala dijitalụ nwere ikike sitere na NRCS, na-enye ndị ọrụ ohere ịnweta ozi ala sayensị zuru oke na-aga."
Ngwa SoilWeb na-enye ndị ọrụ ozi gbasara ụdị ala ejikọtara na ọnọdụ ha. A na-ejikọta ihe onyonyo a na ozi gbasara ụdị profaịlụ ala dị iche iche, taxonomy nke ala, nhazi ala, ogo hydraulic na ozize na ọkwa kwesịrị ekwesị ala. Ịmata ụdị ala dị mkpa iji ghọta ala maka ebumnuche mmepụta ugbo na ịchọpụta ugboro ugboro idei mmiri na ebe kwesịrị ekwesị maka okporo ụzọ ma ọ bụ tankị septic.
SoilWeb na-enye ndị na-akụ ubi, ndị na-akọ ubi, ndị na-ahụ maka ala na ndị na-azụ ahịa ozi gbasara ụdị ala yana otu esi eji ala eme ihe nke ọma. N'agbanyeghi na enwere ike iji ozi nyocha nke ala maka ugbo izugbe, nhazi mpaghara na mpaghara sara mbara, enwere ike ịchọ onye ọkachamara n'ebe ahụ iji gbakwunye ozi a n'ọnọdụ ụfọdụ.
"SoilWeb bụ ụzọ dị mma isi ghọta odida obodo ị bi na ya," Anthony O'Geen, UC Davis Prọfesọ na Onye Ọkachamara Mgbatị Mgbasa Ozi na Ngalaba Ala, ikuku na mmiri mmiri kwuru. "Imepụta nri, iwu ụlọ na idobe odida obodo na-adabere na ntakịrị ihe a ghọtara, ma dị oke egwu nke akụkụ ụwa, bụ ala."
Ngwa ahụ na-enye ohere ịnweta data sayensị bara uru site na teknụzụ ọgbara ọhụrụ. Ozi ala niile dị na SoilWebs bụ nke anakọtara site na nyocha nke ala nkwado ala nke NRCS haziri, wee nweta ozi nyocha ala ụlọ ọrụ na-anakọta kemgbe 1890s. Ebe nchekwa data nke si na ya pụta, nke kacha ukwuu n'ụwa, na-eme ka ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị na ala nwee ike ịmepụta map ndị pụrụ iche site na iji usoro enyemaka kọmputa.
O'Geen mepụtara SoilWeb ya na onye ọkà mmụta sayensị ala NRCS bụ Dylan Beaudette, na 2010 mgbe Beaudette bụ Ph.D. nwa akwụkwọ na UC Davis. Ngwa ahụ bụ nbudata na-ewu ewu, mana ka ọ na-erule afọ 2017 adabaghị n'ihe ndị Apple na Google setịpụrụ. Ndị ọrụ SoilWeb ugboro ugboro kwesịrị ịdabere na ụdị webụ ahụ sitere na 2017 ruo June 2019. Ndị ọrụ ọ bụla nwere ụdị ochie na ekwentị ha nwere ike ime mmelite dị mfe iji nweta ụdị kachasị ọhụrụ. Ngwa ahụ bụ ngwaahịa nke mmekorita afọ 14 n'etiti NRCS na UC Davis College of Land, Air na Water Resources.