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Update 2025
Dear Community, The core team at Soil Spectroscopy for the Global Good initiative has been quietly working away and we’re pleased to share some updates.
Jose Safanelli
February 12, 2025
SOIL.SPECTROSCOPY
4 GLOBAL GOOD
Open data and models based on open-source development
Soil spectroscopy can deliver fast, low-cost soil information at scale, but only with large, open calibration libraries and models that work across instruments and regions. SS4GG builds that open infrastructure and the community around it, so researchers and practitioners anywhere can turn soil spectra into reliable soil data.
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ENABLE
Accelerate the pace of scientific discovery in soil spectroscopy by facilitating and supporting a collaborative network of researchers.
CONNECT
Connect international teams and experts in the fields of soil spectroscopy, remote sensing of soils and data science.
AN OPEN SOIL
SPECTROSCOPY LIBRARY
Making soil data available across borders
Accessible web services
Resources served through robust and easy to use web applications. Pull open data, use or train models, and predict from your spectra!
Tutorials and publications
Development work accompanied with extensive documentation. Training guides, community activities , and scientific publications are promoted.
Dear Community, The core team at Soil Spectroscopy for the Global Good initiative has been quietly working away and we’re pleased to share some updates.
After launching two community competitions on predictive soil spectroscopy on Kaggle, we are now pleased to announce the winners based on the results of the
Call all data scientists. We are hosting two Kaggle community competitions using the Open Soil Spectral Library. Please enter and spread the word. 1) Can