Digital Soil Mapping, Decision Support Tools and Soil Monitoring Systems in the Mediterranean

Dear Colleagues,

The knowledge of the soil surveyor in the digital era has changed; thanks to the increased computational capacity of geographic information systems, legacy soil data are now seen as a treasure. Results of international collaboration and national research projects to innovate in the soil-mapping domain are in place. This vast amount of information needs to be valorized and integrated wisely with new soil data. The acquisition and interpretation of the soil properties and their changes over time could steer our understanding of earth processes and positively affect how we manage soil resources. Operational use of the DSM for precision farming is one of the main essential activities in today’s agriculture. This can benefit from many technological advances, such as remote sensing, decision support systems, the web application of soil modelling and mapping and cloud computing. As highlighted in the new European strategy to tackle climate change and environmental challenges, soil maps are needed to support sustainable development and climate mitigation, providing the broader soil user community with the soil knowledge and data flows required to safeguard soils. This Special Issue seeks contributions dealing with digital soil mapping, smart soil data management, legacy data digitalization from soil maps, the extraction of spatial knowledge from soil survey data and remote sensing.

Dr. Giuseppe Lo Papa
Dr. Giuliano Langella
Dr. Maria Fantappiè
Dr. Calogero Schillaci
Guest Editors

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