Create Soil Sampling Zones, Points, Routes, Export as KML, and Execute

Create smart soil sampling plans in GeoPard, generate points and routes, then export them in the mobile app or as KML or shapefiles.

Follow this guide to set up soil sampling zones, generate sampling points, create optimized routes, and export your sampling plan.

Step 1: Create Spatially Localized Soil Sampling Zones

• Open GeoPard.

• Select the field you want to analyze.

• Choose relevant layers to reflect field variability, such as:

  • Multi-year imagery, to capture historical vegetation patterns

  • Soil brightness, to highlight variation in soil organic matter

  • Slope, to include field topography

• Adjust the weight or influence of each layer to define zones that match your field’s characteristics.

• Once satisfied, confirm and save your soil sampling zones.

Layers selected for Zones generation

Step 2: Generate Soil Sampling Points Using the N, W, Z, or Equidistant Pattern Algorithm

Smart soil sampling clusters and points generated in each zone for composite sampling

If you are an enterprise customer, send a request to GeoPard for automatic point generation.

The auto-point generation module is in development as of April 2025.

Step 3: Generate an Optimized Sampling Route

• Export your sampling points and zones from GeoPard in a compatible format, such as a Shapefile.

Export your sampling points from GeoPard in a compatible format (e.g., Shapefile, GeoJSON).

Open the exported points file in QGIS:

• Load the sampling points into QGIS.

• Use QGIS’s Vector Creation → Points to Path algorithm to create the optimal route. As of April 2025, route generation is still in development in GeoPard.

  
• Save the optimized route as a separate layer in QGIS.

  

  Soil sampling zones, points and route

Step 4: Export the Sampling Route as KML or KMZ for Field Work

• Still in QGIS, export your optimized sampling route:

  • Right-click the optimized route layer.

  • Select Export → Save Features As…

  • Choose KML/KMZ as the format and save the file.

Export layers as KML

Use the name field to label features clearly

Your soil sampling work plan is now ready for mobile navigation tools like Google Earth or other compatible field GPS systems.

Exported KML opened in a third-party KML viewer

GeoPard mobile app for sampling execution

You can also continue sampling in the GeoPard mobile app.

Go to Scouting and Sampling

Open the map with sampling points

Navigate to a point

Mark the sampling point as complete

Conclusion

By following these steps, you can streamline soil sampling from zone creation to route execution. GeoPard helps teams work faster and keeps soil analysis more consistent and reliable.