GIS Applications in Agriculture

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

Overview

The increased efficiency and profitability that the proper application of technology can provide has made precision agriculture the hottest developing area within traditional agriculture. The first single-source volume to cover GIS applications in agronomy, GIS Applications in Agriculture examines ways that this powerful technology can help farmers

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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