USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) da Jami'ar California a Davis Soil Resource Laboratory sun fito da iOS da Android SoilWebapp, sigar 2.0. Ka'idar yanzu tana da mafi tsafta kuma mafi kyawun mu'amala na zamani tare da hanyoyin haɗin tushen wurin GPS don samun damar cikakken bayanan binciken ƙasa na dijital (SSURGO) wanda NRCS ta buga don yawancin Amurka. Sabuwar aikace-aikacen wayar salula na SoilWeb yana samuwa azaman zazzagewa kyauta Google Play da kuma Kamfanin Apple App .
"SoilWeb ya kai wani sabon ci gaba a wannan shekara lokacin da aka haɗa shi da Google Maps kuma an tsara shi don daidaita kowane na'ura, tebur, kwamfutar hannu ko wayar hannu," in ji Shugaban NRCS Matthew Lohr. "SoilWeb app ne mai šaukuwa dubawa zuwa ga ikon dijital ƙasa bincike bayanai daga NRCS, bai wa masu amfani damar samun m cikakken kimiyyar ƙasa bayanai a kan tafiya."
Ka'idar SoilWeb tana ba masu amfani da bayanan da suka shafi nau'ikan ƙasa waɗanda ke da alaƙa da wurinsu. Hotunan suna da alaƙa da bayanai game da nau'ikan bayanan martaba na ƙasa daban-daban, tsarin harajin ƙasa, rarrabuwar ƙasa, ƙimar ruwa da zaizayar ƙasa da ƙimar dacewar ƙasa. Gano nau'in ƙasa yana da mahimmanci don fahimtar ƙasa don dalilai na noma da kuma ƙayyade yawan ambaliya da wuraren da suka dace don hanyoyi ko tankunan ruwa.
SoilWeb yana samar da masu noma, masu lambu, masu shimfidar ƙasa da masu gidaje tare da bayanan da suka shafi nau'in ƙasa da yadda ake amfani da ƙasa da kyau. Ko da yake ana iya amfani da bayanan binciken ƙasa don gonaki na gabaɗaya, na gida da kuma tsarin yanki mai faɗi, ana iya buƙatar ƙwararrun ƙima a wurin don ƙara wannan bayanin a wasu lokuta.
"SoilWeb wata hanya ce mai kyau don fahimtar yanayin da kuke zaune a ciki," in ji Anthony O'Geen, Farfesa na UC Davis kuma ƙwararren Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙasa, Sama da Ruwa. "Samar da abinci, gina gine-gine da kuma kula da shimfidar wurare duk sun dogara ne akan wannan ɗan ƙaramin fahimta, amma mafi mahimmancin ɓawon ƙasa, ƙasa."
App ɗin yana ba da dama ga mahimman bayanan kimiyya ta hanyar fasahar zamani. Duk bayanan ƙasa a cikin SoilWebs an tattara su daga Binciken Ƙasar Haɗin Kan Ƙasa, wanda NRCS ta shirya, kuma yana samun bayanan binciken ƙasa da hukumar ke tattarawa tun shekarun 1890. Taswirar bayanan da aka samu, mafi girma irin wannan a duniya, ya ba da damar masana kimiyyar ƙasa su samar da taswirori na musamman ta amfani da dabarun taimakon kwamfuta.
O'Geen ya haɓaka SoilWeb tare da Masanin Kimiyya na Ƙasa na NRCS Dylan Beaudette, a cikin 2010 lokacin da Beaudette ya kasance Ph.D. dalibi a UC Davis. Manhajar ta kasance sanannen zazzagewa, amma ya zuwa shekarar 2017 ta daina biyan bukatun Apple da Google. Masu amfani da SoilWeb akai-akai dole ne su dogara da sigar tushen yanar gizo daga 2017 zuwa Yuni 2019. Duk masu amfani da tsohuwar sigar wayar su na iya yin sabuntawa mai sauƙi don samun damar sabuwar sigar. Ka'idar samfur ce ta haɗin gwiwar shekaru 14 tsakanin NRCS da UC Davis College of Land, Air and Water Resources.