Soil Information Monitoring System using Cellular Phone

Abstract

A prototype system for monitoring soil information was developed using a cellular phone. We named the system SIMS-CP (Soil Information Monitoring System using Cellular Phone). In the prototype system, soil water content and soil temperature at six depths in a field were monitored from a remote laboratory. The system will be quite promising as a tool that virtually converts a field experiment into a laboratory experiment. The present paper gives an outline of SIMS-CP and its potential applications in field science.