This page provides information on the new NCSS features and bug fixes.

• Modernized KSSL lab data website to make the NCSS lab data mart web page more intuitive for the user, making it easier to navigate and find information.
• Retained historical method for querying lab data and accessing query results.
• Implemented process for updating lab data on a regular basis.
• Updated deliverable databases to include open source databases and companion morphological data. Nearly all data in the Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory and the associated pedon data are available for download. Customers can download SQLite, Access, GeoPackage, and ESRI File Geodatabases.
• Updated deliverable database so they utilize new simplified database model schema.
• New lab data model tables and columns available.
• Interactive metadata documentation available for new lab tables.
• Replaced ESRI Web map with open source leaflet map and automated the data.
• Enhanced map interface to allow users to create custom AOIs and download data in the database format of their choice.
• Lab tables also assessable through Soil Data Access API. Developers and data scientist can access NCSS Characterization Data through the Soil Data Access (SDA) application and SDA webservices. Use the SDA query page to submit custom SQL queries through the SDA application and receive instant or e-mailed tabular results in xlm, html, or text format. A suite of SDA webservices are available to meet a variety of customer needs. The pedon data associated with the NCSS Characterization data are not available through SDA.
• MIR data displayed on the map and available for download.