The OpTIS team invites you to make observations about agricultural practices around you. Observations you collect and submit with this app are used by scientists to validate and refine mapping algorithms. The goal of the research and the algorithms is to map trends in tillage and cover crop practices and document trends in adoption over time that will be summarized at watershed and aggregate scales and made available to the public.
The OpTIS app allows observers to make regular observations of agricultural fields that users locate and identify as growing cover crops or having alternative tillage practices for the enrichment of soils. By using the OpTIS app, you are contributing research quality data for scientists working to better understand and promote conservation agriculture for a more sustainable future.