DIGISOIL

Integrated system of data collection technologies for mapping soil properties

Coordinatore	BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES    more  Organization address address: Quai Andre Citroen - Tour Mirabeau 39-43 city: PARIS postcode: 75739 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Gilles Cognome: Grandjean Email: send email Telefono: -38643493 Fax: -38643518
Nazionalità Coordinatore	France [FR]
Totale costo	4˙739˙078 €
EC contributo	3˙401˙258 €
Programma	FP7-ENVIRONMENT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)
Code Call	FP7-ENV-2007-1
Funding Scheme	CP-FP
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-09-01   -   2011-08-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES  Organization address address: Quai Andre Citroen - Tour Mirabeau 39-43 city: PARIS postcode: 75739 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Gilles Cognome: Grandjean Email: send email Telefono: -38643493 Fax: -38643518	FR (PARIS)	coordinator	0.00
2	ABEM Instrument AB  Organization address address: Allen 1 city: Sundbyberg postcode: 172 66 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Mats Cognome: Thornelof Email: send email Telefono: +46 8 564 88 300 Fax: +46 828 11 09	SE (Sundbyberg)	participant	0.00
3	FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH  Organization address address: Leo-Brandt-Strasse city: JUELICH postcode: 52425 contact info Nome: Petra Cognome: Insberg Email: send email Telefono: -4800 Fax: -4591	DE (JUELICH)	participant	0.00
4	INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE  Organization address address: Rue De L'Universite 147 city: PARIS CEDEX 07 postcode: 75338 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Claire Cognome: Poitelon Email: send email Telefono: +33 2 38 41 48 01 Fax: +33 2 38 41 78 69	FR (PARIS CEDEX 07)	participant	0.00
5	INSTITUTUL GEOLOGIC AL ROMANIEI  Organization address address: CARANSEBES STREET 1 city: Bucharest postcode: 78344 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Raluca Cognome: Maftei Email: send email Telefono: +40 (21) 3181328 Fax: +40 (21) 3181326	RO (Bucharest)	participant	0.00
6	JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Organization address address: Rue de la Loi 200 city: BRUSSELS postcode: 1049 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Maria Arminda Cognome: Machado Email: send email Telefono: 390333000000 Fax: 390333000000	BE (BRUSSELS)	participant	0.00
7	Pannon Egyetem  Organization address address: EGYETEM U 10 city: VESZPREM postcode: 8200 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Tamas Cognome: Hermann Email: send email Telefono: +36 (83) 545163 Fax: +36 (83) 545 254	HU (VESZPREM)	participant	0.00
8	SELEX GALILEO SPA  Organization address address: Via Albert Einstein 35 city: CAMPI BISENZIO postcode: 50013 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Stefano Cognome: Cosi Email: send email Telefono: +39 055 8950 756 Fax: +39 055 8950 619	IT (CAMPI BISENZIO)	participant	0.00
9	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE  Organization address address: Piazza San Marco 4 city: Florence postcode: 50121 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Sandro Cognome: Moretti Email: send email Telefono: +39 055 2756246 Fax: 390553000000	IT (Florence)	participant	0.00
10	UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN  Organization address address: Place De L'Universite 1 city: LOUVAIN LA NEUVE postcode: 1348 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Bas Cognome: Van Wesemael Email: send email Telefono: -472034 Fax: -472855	BE (LOUVAIN LA NEUVE)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The multidisciplinary DIGISOIL consortium intends to integrate and improve in situ and proximal measurement technologies for the assessment of soil properties assessment and soil degradation indicators, going from the sensing technologies to their integration and their application in (digital) soil mapping (DSM). In addition, our SMEs experience will allow to take into account the feasibility of such developments based on economical constraints, reliability of the results and needs of the DSM community. In order to assess and prevent soil degradation and to benefit from the different ecological, economical and historical functions of the soil in a sustainable way, there is an obvious need for high resolution and accurate maps of soil properties. The core objective of the project is to explore and exploit new capabilities of advanced geophysical technologies for answering this societal demand. To this aim, DIGISOIL addresses four issues covering technological, soil science and economic aspects: (i) the validation of geophysical (in situ, proximal and airborne) technologies and integrated pedo-geophysical inversion techniques (mechanistic data fusion) (ii) the relation between the geophysical parameters and the soil properties, (iii) the integration of the derived soil properties for mapping soil functions and soil threats, (iv) the evaluation, standardisation and sub-industrialization of the proposed methodologies, including technical and economical studies.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Good quality soil plays an important role in economics and ecology. For this reason, the EU has sponsored research into measuring and preventing soil degradation.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Scientists have identified a need to assess the properties of soil in order to preserve it for agricultural activities and ecosystems. To do this in as much detail as possible, they need to use the latest mapping technologies.

In response to this need, the EU funded the 'Integrated system of data collection technologies for mapping soil properties' (Digisoil) project. The consortium was tasked with finding the best of such available technologies.

The team started by identifying geophysical sensors which could be adapted for digital soil mapping (DSM). However, data from individual sensors are only estimations, so Digisoil developed a method to integrate the data from several indicators. This ensures a far more accurate diagnosis of soil properties, threats and functions.

The consortium has also written a guide for users to exploit the new Digisoil mapping tool and their work has been presented at conferences. In addition, they have published their results in various international scientific publications.

A survey is currently being performed to evaluate the feasibility of the tool in terms of the affordability and technical needs of end users.

The next step will be more business and technology development as well as economic studies, to ensure that Digisoil products are commercially viable. Future projects will be geared toward creating operational prototypes.