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on a variety of platforms (desktop computers, tablet devices,
smartphones, etc.) are needed (Beaudette and O’Geen, 2010;
Beaudette and O’Geen, 2009). Application of these technolo-
gies is critical for agronomic and environmental assessments
in rural and urban areas from local to global scales. (Plate 5).
Summary
We encourage our community to advance understanding
of these important imaging and geospatial technologies
for soil investigations. We need to strengthen educational,
outreach, and professional certification programs to ensure
informed and ethical applications of emergent sensor ca-
pabilities and knowledge-based systems. Lastly, we must
serve as effective advocates of advanced sensor develop-
ment, standardized processing and modeling of soil data
and environmental co-variates, and appropriate integration
of soil information for effective assessment and monitoring
of environmental impacts and societal decision making.
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Plate 5
. US SoilWeb, enabled using mobile phone apps,
allows for wide utilization of soil data in the field by scien-
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