Precision Agriculture with Manifold GIS

March 13, 2007
114 LW Chase Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Instructors:

Viacheslav Adamchuk, Biological Systems Engineering, Precision Agriculture Engineer
David Varner, Southeast Research and Extension Center, Extension Educator

Learning Objectives:

Learn to download publicly available data revealing spatial diversity of an agricultural field
Investigate 3D views of integrated publicly available data (virtual field exploration)
Know how to import, clean and process a multi-year yield history
Learn to integrate different self-generated data layers (e.g., soil analysis, electrical conductivity maps, scanned photographs, etc.)
Construct management zones and delineate other special treatment areas
Become familiar with prescription map development process

Tentative Program:

Time	Activity	Tutorial Link
9:00 – 9:10 am	Registration and introduction
9:10 – 9:40 am	Downloading publicly available data	Lesson 1
9:50 – 10:40 am	Data visualization with Manifold	Lesson 2
10:40 – 10:50 am	Break
10:50 am – 12:00 pm	Yield data processing	Lesson 3
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 pm	Integration of self-generated data layers	Lesson 4
2:30 – 2:40 pm	Break
2:40 – 3:50 pm	Prescription map development	Lesson 5
3:50 – 4:00 pm	Workshop evaluation

References:

Contact Information

Viacheslav Adamchuk
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering
Phone: (402) 472-8431
E-mail: vadamchuk2@unl.edu
Home page: http://bse.unl.edu/adamchuk