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Update 2026

OSSL v1.3 adds nine new spectral libraries, a redesigned catalog, and a no-code Chemometrics app that runs in your browser.

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Geographical locations of the Open Soil Spectral Library (OSSL) samples.
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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.

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Spectroscopy on Kaggle

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

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OSSL version 1.2 released

Dear soil spectroscopy community, After several months of testing and development work, we are happy to share our latest update of the Open Soil Spectral

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Spectroscopy Ring Trial

Hello soil spectroscopists! Under the SoilSpec4GG initiative, we started this year an inter-laboratory spectroscopy ring trial for comparing the variability of spectral response across different

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Update 2022

Happy World Soils Day! Since the last release of the Open Soil Spectral Library (OSSL), a lot of work has been done behind the scenes

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Update 2021

Dear spectroscopy friends, This project has been slowly building steam over one year of pandemic forced remote meetings and we’re really hoping that we can

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THE NSSC-KSSL MIR SPECTRAL LIBRARY

The USDA NRCS National Soil Survey Center – Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory (NSSC-KSSL) has been quietly building one of the world’s largest libraries of mid

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SOILSPEC4GG PROJECT LAUNCH LETTER

I’m excited to announce that the US Department of Agriculture’s granting body, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), has selected our Food and

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