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OverviewThe 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 produce a greater abundance of crops with more efficiency and at lower costs. Each chapter describes the nature of a problem, examines the purpose and scope of a GIS application, presents the methods used to develop the application, and then goes on to provide results and offer a conclusion as well as supporting information. When appropriate, the chapters present the underlying statistical approach for the GIS software that is used. Applicable data sets and color maps produced by use of GIS are included for download at the CRC webiste. Concentrating more on the approach and less on the specific software, the authors describe the methods used to develop an application and discuss limitations to the algorithms and the programming code used. They then summarize the application in terms of what it does, how it works, its limitations, and its potential uses. The book provides a toolkit for the acquisition, management, and analysis of spatial data throughout the agriculture value chain. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Francis J. Pierce (Professor Emeritus, Washington State University, Pullman) , David Clay (South Dakota State University, Brookings, USA) , Florence Cassel Sharma , David Clay (South Dakota State University, Brookings, USA)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: CRC Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780849375262ISBN 10: 0849375266 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 13 February 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews... 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 ! 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 Author InformationFrancis J. Pierce, David Clay Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |