LandPKS (Land Potential Knowledge System): Mobile App for Extension, Land-Use and Project Planning, M&E and On-Farm Research

Through an understanding of climate, soils, and topography, land potential can be seen as the potential of the land to be degradation resistant (the ability of the land to resist disturbances) and resilient (the ability of the land to rebound after disturbances). Application of the land potential concept can support sustainable agricultural production, biodiversity conservation, and other ecosystem services.
To help address such land potential issues, LandPKS comprises a free modular mobile phone app connected to cloud-based storage, global databases, and models, downloadable from Google Play or the iTunes App Store; a system for storing and accessing user data; and a system for sharing data, information and knowledge.

LandPKS is being developed to help users determine the sustainable potential of their land, including its restoration potential, based on its unique soil, topography and climate. The land potential assessments will be updated based on new evidence regarding the success or failure of new management and restoration systems on different soils. The knowledge engine, together with mobile phone applications and cloud computing technologies, will facilitate more rapid and complete integration of local and scientific knowledge into land management. The current version (3.0, 2018) supports the collection and automated storage and sharing of the basic information needed to determine land potential (LandInfo module). It also includes a LandCover module for vegetation inventory and monitoring.

Modules available as of June 2019 are :

LandInfo – for rapid soil (texture, color) characterization, soil identification, and accessing soil and ecological site information.

Predicts soil infiltration & plant available water-holding capacity (AWC) at variable soil organic matter (SOM)
Determines Land Capability Class (LCC) for sustainable land use planning and management
Determines Soil Color using the phone's camera and a standardized reference card
SoilID (early 2019) – matches user inputs to global soil databases to identify the soil

LandCover – for rapid vegetation monitoring (vegetation composition, plant height, and canopy/basal gaps).

NRCS/BLM-compatible methods
Used for rangeland monitoring, natural resource conservation, and crop residue monitoring
Determines vegetation composition, plant height, and canopy/basal gaps

LandManagement (early 2019) – on-farm record-keeping (inputs, management, yields)

Provides data summaries

Allows for record keeping about crops, fertilizer, lime, irrigation, rainfall, erosion control, tillage, etc.

Other Modules coming soon: SoilHealth and Biomass/Utilization.
Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Website Pointer for LandPKS. File Name: Web Page, url: https://landpotential.org/ LandPKS is a system for storing and accessing user data, as well providing access to knowledge that can inform sustainable land management. It can be downloaded from both the iTunes and Google Play Stores for free. The LandPKS app includes the following features (with many more currently in development):

Long-term climate data

Soil texture guide

Soil color determination

Land capability classification results

Vegetation monitoring with the LandCover module

Photos and notes

Instant results in the Report

Downloadable pdf report

Spanish language translations (French and Swahili to be released soon)

通过对气候、土壤和地形学的深入理解，土地潜力可被视为土地抵御退化和恢复（土地在遭受干扰后恢复的能力）的潜力。土地潜力概念的应用可支持可持续农业生产、生物多样性保护以及其他生态系统服务。

为解决此类土地潜力问题，LandPKS 包含一个免费模块化的手机应用程序，该程序与云端存储、全球数据库和模型相连，可在 Google Play 或 iTunes App Store 下载；一个用于存储和访问用户数据的系统；以及一个用于共享数据、信息和知识的系统。

LandPKS 的开发旨在帮助用户确定其土地的可持续潜力，包括其恢复潜力，基于其独特的土壤、地形和气候。土地潜力评估将根据关于不同土壤上新的管理和恢复系统成功或失败的最新证据进行更新。知识引擎、移动应用程序和云计算技术的结合将促进本地和科学知识更快、更全面地融入土地管理。当前版本（3.0，2018年）支持收集、自动存储和共享确定土地潜力所需的基本信息（LandInfo 模块）。它还包括一个 LandCover 模块，用于植被调查和监测。

截至 2019 年 6 月，可用的模块包括：

LandInfo – 用于快速土壤（质地、颜色）特征描述、土壤识别和访问土壤和生态位信息。

预测土壤渗透率和植物可用水分保持能力（AWC），土壤有机质（SOM）可变

确定土地适宜性等级（LCC），以支持可持续土地利用规划和管理

使用手机摄像头和标准参考卡确定土壤颜色

SoilID（2019 年初） – 将用户输入与全球土壤数据库相匹配以识别土壤

LandCover – 用于快速植被监测（植被组成、植物高度和冠层/基底间隙）。

NRCS/BLM 兼容的方法

用于牧场监测、自然资源保护和作物残留监测

确定植被组成、植物高度和冠层/基底间隙

LandManagement（2019 年初） – 农场记录（投入、管理、产量）

提供数据摘要

允许记录有关作物、肥料、石灰、灌溉、降雨、侵蚀控制、耕作等方面的信息

即将推出的其他模块：土壤健康和生物质/利用。

此数据集中的资源：资源标题：LandPKS 网站指针。文件名：网页，url：https://landpotential.org/ LandPKS 是一个用于存储和访问用户数据，并提供获取可指导可持续土地管理知识的系统。它可以从 iTunes 和 Google Play 商店免费下载。LandPKS 应用程序包括以下功能（许多更多功能目前正在开发中）：

长期气候数据

土壤质地指南

土壤颜色鉴定

土地适宜性分类结果

使用 LandCover 模块进行植被监测

照片和笔记

报告中的即时结果

可下载的 PDF 报告

西班牙语翻译（法语和斯瓦希里语即将发布）