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SIFSS on Windows Pc

Developed By: The James Hutton Institute

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.5
Size 31.8 MB
Release Date January 23, 23
Category Education Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (4)]

What's New:
This release is a minor update to modify the place searching to ensure future availability of this feature. [see more]

Description from Developer:
SIFSS (Soil Indicators for Scottish Soils) is an app that allows you to find out what soil type is in your area, to explore the characteristics of around 600 different Scottish soi... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download SIFSS and install on Windows PC. SIFSS is free Education app, developed by The James Hutton Institute. Latest version of SIFSS is 1.5, was released on 2023-01-23 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100. Overall rating of SIFSS is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install SIFSS on Windows?

Instruction on how to install SIFSS on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install SIFSS on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install SIFSS using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "SIFSS" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install SIFSS on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "SIFSS" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.5.

Download SIFSS 1.5 on Windows PC – 31.8 MB

SIFSS (Soil Indicators for Scottish Soils) is an app that allows you to find out what soil type is in your area, to explore the characteristics of around 600 different Scottish soils, to discover the differences in soil characteristics between cultivated and uncultivated soils and to examine a range of key indicators of soil quality.

SIFSS is the only app that gives you access to the Soil Survey of Scotland.

SIFSS allows you to use a place name or postcode, or just browse using the image map on your device to choose a location in Scotland to investigate information about soil. This information includes pH, soil carbon, N, P, K etc. directly from the James Hutton Institute database.

In this Android version of SIFSS we have included an option to show different Hutton soil map overlays. You can use the full colour unified classification of the soils of Scotland from 2013, outlines of the soil polygons and their map units (when you zoom in) or our popular Land Capability for Agriculture.

Please note that SIFSS is dependent on a live internet connection to display the maps, overlays and to send the app the result of your soil query. Please be aware that you may be charged by your phone provider for data use.
This release is a minor update to modify the place searching to ensure future availability of this feature.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to read from external storage.