1. May 4, 2017 contact@landpotential.org
The Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS): mobile apps for: (1) Soil + ground cover data collection (now) (2) Soil identification and erosion risk (July-Aug) (3) Crop input + yield monitoring (late 2017) (4) Management information & knowledge sharing (2018) Jeff Herrick Soil Scientist USDA-ARS (LandPKS Lead)
Amy Quandt
Research Asst. Professor
NMSU
(LandPKS Global Coordinator)
May 4, 2017

2. Sokoine University Professors Boniface Masaya and Abel Kaaya

7. “We need to see beyond what we see, because that can help you decide what to do next.” – Namibian workshop participant, August, 2014

8. All mapped as same soil – but can identify using new algorithms with internet + user input from LandPKS app, and then share soil-specific management & adaptation options.
You need point information as well as area information to estimate land potential for policy and planning purposes, and to calibrate/validate coarser layers (e.g. soil maps and remote sensing-based estimates of land cover).
Alternative livelihoods and agricultural intensification example
100m

9. Map-Based Soil Predictions Vary Widely* * * * * * *

10. Namibia – Map-Based Soil Surface Texture Predictions Vary Widely
We need a “key” to unlock to knowledge and information for a specific location
Soil identification + location (for climate) is the “key” to:
Accessing soil-linked management information
Running predictive models (need additional data in global soil databases)
For sharing knowledge from this location

11. How does the LandPKS- LandInfo “key” work?
Location  possible soils
Dig a hole
Hand texture soil (follow included video instructions)
Upload
Algorithms identify soil
Soil linked to data+knowledge

12. User-inputs
Crack
No crack
Clayey
Sandy
Black
Brown
Not vertisol
Vertisol
Weighted algorithm
Soil texture
Soil color
Soil identification

13. LandPKS + Related Apps + Camera + GPS
Location (2015)
Soil maps*
Manage-ment
Climate
LandPKS + Related Apps + Camera + GPS
LandInfo (soil) module (2015)
Soil ID (2017)
Climate info (2015) and potential sustainable production and degradation risk (2017)
Manage-ment options (2018)
LandCover module (2015)
Crop input + yield modules (2017)
Support decisions (2018)
Cloud storage of user inputs and system outputs accessed through interactive web portal + Application Program Interface (API)
*Best match based on user input + all available map products.

14. 1 app w/2 modules (download iPhone and Android)

15. What does/will LandInfo do in 2017 (in 20 minutes)?
2018
Pilot countries only in
What does/will LandInfo do in 2017 (in 20 minutes)?
Nzdl.org

16. 2018 Soil/climate-specific fertilizer + management (pilot countries)
Pilot countries only in
Nzdl.org

17. What does/will LandCover do in 2017 (in 20 minutes)?
Automated calculation/ reporting (no internet required) + cloud storage
Dominant species (est)
Bare ground
Crop residue cover
Tree cover
Grass cover
% large gaps
Height
Plant density
Etc…
What does/will LandCover do in 2017 (in 20 minutes)?

18. Data portal Click on map/download to spreadsheet/use API
Future tools will allow local/global, comparisons, competition, additional visualization.

19. The Land-Potential Knowledge System
A suite of mobile phone apps connected to Cloud-based global databases and models
A system for storing and accessing user data
A system for sharing data, information and knowledge
A system for selecting relevant data, information and knowledge
A system for interpreting relevant data, information and knowledge in order to apply it to land management decisions

20. Growing, informal global partnership committed to developing and supporting the adoption of freely available technology and tools for sustainable land use management, monitoring, and connecting people.

21. unep.org/resourcepanel
Thank you
Hundreds of colleagues in the US, around the world
References
unep.org/resourcepanel
(sign up for updates)
Herrick et al A Global Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS). JSWC.
Herrick et al The Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS): mobile apps and collaboration for optimizing climate change investments. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability.

22. LandPKS Guide Page 1

23. LandPKS Guide Page 2

24. LandInfo – “

25. LandPKS Guide Page 3

26. LandPKS Guide Page 4

27. Data portal Click on map/download to spreadsheet/use API
Future tools will allow local/global, comparisons, competition, additional visualization.

28. Collaboration Opportunities
Signup for updates (landpotential.org)
Download the LandPKS app and provide feedback
Use LandPKS app for:
Instant climate info
Research project data collection + storage
Instant soil PAWHC calculation
Relative potential production + yield (later 2017)
Management options (2018)
Include LandPKS in project/funding proposals (we can often provide a letter of support)

29. unep.org/resourcepanel
Thank you
Hundreds of colleagues in the US, around the world
References
unep.org/resourcepanel
(sign up for updates)
Herrick et al A Global Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS). JSWC.
Herrick et al The Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS): mobile apps and collaboration for optimizing climate change investments. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability.