Platform · System architecture
The operating system for soil fertility.
Ten components, one continuous data path — from in-ground sensor to operator decision. Every layer is auditable, every output is climate-gated, every recommendation has a human accountable.
LIVE · PLATFORM TOPOLOGY
Watershed · Sensor mesh · Live
38.93°N · 74.91°W
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gateways12
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verified01 · End-to-end pipeline
Soil column to operator dashboard.
The Sentinel East platform compresses ten subsystems into one continuous workflow.
01
Ingest
Sensors + soil tests
02
Overlay
Satellite + weather
03
Edge AI
On-gateway model
04
Climate gate
2030 / 2050 / 2100
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Workflow
Routing + alerts
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Operator
Dashboard + report
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Action
Field decision
02 · Platform components
Ten subsystems. One contract.
Each component is documented, replaceable, and operator-controlled. There is no hidden cloud dependency.
01
Soil data ingestion
LoRaWAN sensor mesh + lab test imports + historical surveys, normalized into one soil-of-record schema.
02
Sensor network
Multi-depth probes (5, 30, 60, 90 cm) reading microbial, NPK, EC, salinity, moisture, temperature.
03
Satellite & weather overlay
Sentinel-2 NDVI tiles, NOAA hydrology, soil-moisture reanalysis fused to the same parcel record.
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Edge AI inference
SENTINEL SOIL model on the RAK gateway. Sub-second response. Continues during cloud outage.
05
Fertility recommendations
Per-parcel advisories with cover-crop, amendment, irrigation, and harvest-window guidance.
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Watershed & runoff intelligence
Storm-event modeling using ground infiltration capacity, not impervious-surface estimates alone.
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Carbon & water retention
Sequestration rate, retention capacity, runoff load — quantified per parcel and per cohort.
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Operations dashboards
Field-to-city views with alerts, queues, watershed roll-ups, climate scenarios, override controls.
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Reports & document intelligence
Audit-grade exports for grants, permits, conservation programs, and council briefings.
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Human operator support
Named Sentinel East operator on every deployment. Human accountable for every workflow.
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Soil-of-record store
Operator-owned tenancy with documented retention, redaction, and consent workflows.
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Research swarm
16-agent stigmergic AI runs against your substrate to prioritize the highest-leverage interventions.
03 · Telemetry model
Soil as a layered, sensed asset.
We treat the soil column the same way utility operators treat a power feeder: as a layered asset with defined sense points, performance bands, and alarm thresholds. Each layer reports its own state and feeds the gateway model.
- Probes at 5, 30, 60, 90 cm — surface to substrate
- Microbial, NPK, EC/salinity, moisture, temperature
- Sampling rate dynamic — escalates on event detection
- All readings stamped with parcel ID + climate scenario context
Soil column · monitored layers
Surface
Vegetation · litter · runoff entry
0–5 cm
Topsoil
Microbial biomass · root zone · NPK
5–30 cm
Subsoil
Water retention · salinity front
30–90 cm
Substrate
Groundwater · capillary rise
90 cm +
04 · Trust & governance
Public-sector trust standard, by default.
Operator-owned data
Soil-of-record stays in your tenancy. Standard-format exports any time.
Audit logging
Every inference, advisory, and override recorded with provenance.
Role-based access
Council, supervisor, field operator — each scoped to need-to-know.
Edge resilience
Gateways fully operational during cloud outages or carrier failure.
Climate-gated outputs
Every recommendation validated against 2030 and 2050 scenarios.
Human-in-the-loop
No automated land action without an authorized human approval.