Applying spatial analysis for precision conservation across the landscape
Although new technologies such as precision farming will contribute to increasing yields per unit area, similarly soil and water conservation will be instrumental in maintaining these increases in productivity while reducing environmental degradation, off-site transport, and water pollution. Initial...
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Published in | Journal of soil and water conservation Vol. 60; no. 6; pp. 363 - 370 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
Published |
Ankeny, IA
Soil and Water Conservation Society
01.11.2005
Soil & Water Conservation Society |
Subjects | |
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Summary: | Although new technologies such as precision farming will contribute to increasing yields per unit area, similarly soil and
water conservation will be instrumental in maintaining these increases in productivity while reducing environmental degradation,
off-site transport, and water pollution. Initially, âprecision conservationâ was defined as the integration of spatial technologies
such as global positioning systems (GPS), remote sensing, and geographic information systems (GIS) and the ability to analyze
spatial relationships within and among mapped data. Surface modeling, spatial data mining and map analysis are three broad
approaches that can be used to analyze layers of information to help develop and implement management practices that contribute
to soil and water conservation in agricultural and natural ecosystems. In this paper, we expand the definition of precision
conservation to a developing science that uses the new spatial technologies to link a system from a site specific location,
to a field, to a set of fields (farm) to a regional scale. We also expand our discussion based on the status of precision
conservation as it was shown by twenty six precision conservation papers presented at the 2004 Soil Science Society of America
annual meeting. We propose that precision conservation will be a key science to contribute to the sustainability of our biosphere
in this century. |
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ISSN: | 0022-4561 1941-3300 |