GIS Applications in Agriculture

by Francis J. Pierce (Editor), David Clay (Editor)

Overview

As the first volume in a unique series concentrating on in-depth discussions of GIS topics, GIS Applications in Agriculture examines ways that this powerful technology can help farmers/firms to produce a greater abundance of crops with more efficiency and at lower costs. Each chapter describes the nature of the problem, examines the purpose of the GIS application, describes methods used to develop the application, provides results, and offers a conclusion as well as other supportive information. When appropriate, it presents the underlying statistical approach for the GIS software that is used. This text also includes a CD-ROM that features data sets and the full color maps produced by the use of GIS.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040063767
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	02/13/2007
Series:	GIS Applications in Agriculture
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Francis J. Pierce, David Clay

Table of Contents

Application of GIS to Integrated Pesticide Management on US Fish and Wildlife Land. Enhancing Sugarbeet Quality Using Remote Sensing and GIS. Using Historical Management Areas to Reduce Soil Sampling Error. Developing Productivity Zones from Multiple Years of Yield Monitoring Data. Linking GIS and Decision Model to Evaluate Site-Specific Weed Management. Map Quality Assessment for Site-Specific Management. Using ArcGIS for Yield Data Analysis. Enhanced Farm Research Analyst. Soil Salinity Mapping Using ArcGIS. DM_Comp Data Management (Comparison).

Editorial Reviews

"… as there is a distinct lack of introductory GIS texts or websites specifically relating geospatial technologies to agriculture, this series helps fill that void."

– Roger Knouff, Arizona State University in Journal of Spatial Science, 2008

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