HOW CAN MOBILE DEVICES ASSIST IN SOIL MONITORING AND PROTECTION?

Abstract

Mobile devices have recently acquired new values (after 2015), being integrated into almost all areas of activity. Environmental protection activities are no exception to this rule. As such, in this paper, we aim to see to what extent mobile devices can assist in the field of soil monitoring and protection. Thus, starting from the consultation of the specialized literature (from the last 10 years), we set out to identify the aspects aimed at monitoring and protecting the soils that mobile devices can integrate through the components, functionalities, and internal sensors they have. We also set out to explore the functionalities that application development platforms attribute to mobile applications. Research results have shown that there is a well-defined set of components, features, and sensors that can be integrated into mobile device-specific applications to assist in soil monitoring and protection activities. Consequently, mobile devices can be seen and used as a means of acquiring, storing, and disseminating data, information, and knowledge on the environmental factor of the soil, sustainable land use, and the practice of systematic farming.

Keywords

• soil protection
• integrated monitoring mobile devices
• mit app inventor
• android os