Find out what’s beneath your feet with SoilMapp for iPad. Tap into the best available soil information from Australia’s national soil databases, an absolute must for all land managers
You can find out about the likely types of soil near you. Discover the soil’s secrets, how it holds water, its clay content, acidity and other attributes important for agriculture and land management.
SoilMapp is designed to make soil information more accessible to help Australian farmers, consultants, planners, natural resource managers, researchers and people interested in soil.
SoilMapp was developed by CSIRO to allow direct access to the Australian Soil Resource Information System (ASRIS) and APSoil, the database behind the agricultural computer model: Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM).
Users can pan and zoom the map and tap to locate a place of interest, or use the iPad GPS function to identify their current location. SoilMapp returns data and information about the likely soils at the defined location. This includes maps, photographs, satellite images, tables and graphs of data about soil attributes such as clay and organic carbon contents or pH. APSoil sites provide details regarding soil water holding characteristics and other attributes essential for farming systems modelling.