A useful application, available for free on iPhone and Android OS platforms, SoilWeb provides on-demand access to solid survey information anywhere with cell phone coverage in the lower 48 states.
Developed by UC Davis Ph.D. candidate Dylan Beaudette and his advisor Toby O’Geen, SoilWeb uses GPS or cell tower triangulation capabilities of modern smartphones to determine the location of the user. Once the location is determined results from UC Davis Soil Resource Laboratory soil survey information is sent to the user.
Many resources are available through the SoilWeb app and include: soil profile sketches; soil horizons; series names; landscape position; taxonomic classification; depth profiles of soil chemical and physical properties; land classification indices; land-use interpretations and links to a variety of other environmental databases.
An abstract of the project can be found here.
Graphical User Guide to SoilWeb phone application found on UC Davis Soil Resource Laboratory website.