Current State of Digital Soil Mapping and What Is Next

Digital soil mapping (DSM) involves research and operational applications to infer on patterns of soils across various spatial and temporal scales. DSM is not solely focused to map soils and their properties, but often environmental issues such as land degradation and global climate change, require assessing soils in context of ecosystem change and environmental stressors imparting control on soil properties. In this section an overview is provided of state-of-the art DSM applications and their constraints and potential is discussed. Future trends and challenges to map soils using digital approaches are outlined.

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