FarmMap GIS software for Agricultural
and Environmental Services
FarmMap is a new generation of mapping GIS for
agricultural and estate management purposes. It provides the usual facilities
for producing pictures of farms, with crops and other areas in a wide range of
colours and styles. In addition, you are provided with the tools to carry out
evaluation of analyses, results and field characteristics. All this can be
linked to databases and spreadsheets, for viewing and editing of data.
A very short summary of some of the capabilities of the FarmMap
program is itemised below.
Generating Farm Maps -
1. Base Data Sources -
- OS Landline Vector Data (1:2,500 and 1:1,250).
- OS Raster (1:10,000). · GPS significant points.
- Satellite images.
- Aerial Photographs.
- Scanned imagery (paper maps and sketches, etc).
2. Drawing Fields -
- Almost instantaneous, using the screen image.
- Very fast, using the OS Vertices.
- Free-hand drawing of polygons.
- Conversion of Optimix field data.
3. Calculation of Useful Areas -
- Tracks and Paths - draw the centreline, then define the width. Instant
calculation of area.
- CSS, Set-Aside, headlands, spinneys - use buffers varying widths and
lengths and then calculate the areas. Fast.
- Split fields, crops, etc., and then correct the joining boundaries. Move
the boundary of one field and you correct all joining boundaries.
Click here to see an example of a completed
farm map with cropping information.
4. Linking to spreadsheets and databases -
- Built-in flat-file database for entering and editing data. Can be linked
to any map file that is drawn.
- Can link to existing spreadsheets/databases of other software.
- Link to, and edit, Excel and Access files, as well as Foxpro and Dbase
programs.
- Assign coloured styles from databases to polygon files (e.g. crops by
colour).
5. Importing analysis data -
- Can display soil analysis data, by element name. Display summary of
different elements, together with soil series, crops grown, etc.
- Display yield mapping analysis.
- Combine yield mapping with soil analysis.
- Evolve recommendations for treatment.
- Evaluate potato PCNs, and calculate treatment areas.
Click here to see how easy it is
to draw fields and headlands: