Using Google's cloud-based platform for digital soil mapping

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-88

  Padarian, J ^a   Minasny, B ^a   McBratney, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; DSM; GlobalSoilMap; Google Earth Engine; Supercomputing

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; ENGINES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

CLOUD BASED PLATFORMS; DESKTOP WORKSTATION; DIGITAL SOIL MAPPINGS; DSM; GLOBALSOILMAP; GOOGLE EARTHS; SUPERCOMPUTING; TIME-CONSUMING PROCEDURE;

MAPPING;

DIGITAL MAPPING; INTERNET; MODELING; SOIL; WORLD WIDE WEB;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937231034     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2015.06.023     Document Type: Article

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