Agriculture field characterization using GIS software and scanned color infrared aerial photographs
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2001-02-22
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Basnyat, P.
McConkey, B.G.
Noble, G.
Meinert, L.B.
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This paper addresses the potential of a color infrared aerial photograph to provide spatially distributed information for site specific management. In this process digitized color infrared aerial photographs were used to extract vegetation index information. In addition, important crop and soil information were also collected using a grid sampling technique. Crop and soil information contributing most to explain variability were determined and used in further analysis. Grain yield data obtained using combine sampling were noted along with the coordinate information of the sample points. Locational information were collected using GPS. Kriged surface were generated using soil and crop point sample information. Point information were extracted from each kriged surface using centroid of uniformly spaced grid (15 m cell). Fuzzy k-means with extragrades algorithms were used to delineate potential within-field management units based on soil and crop information and vegetation index separately. Then “goodness” of potential management zones generated using within zone variability of grain yield. Ideal number of zones were determined using the decrease in total within-zone variance. Finally, management zones determined using crop and soil information and vegetation index information were compared for similarity. The methodology is fast, can be easily automated in commercially available GIS software and has considerable advantages when comparing to other methods for delineating within-field management zones.
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Soils and Crops Workshop