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September 29, 2005
Geospatial Applications: Planned Workshops on Using fGIS to Display Images and Soils
In previous columns, I have discussed a free GIS (geographic information systems) program called fGIS. The program works well to overlay soil maps on aerial images and field boundaries. Detailed instructions on how to use fGIS with digital soils and aerial photographs can be downloaded from the NDSU geospatial technology education Web site at http://134.129.78.3/geospatial. To download the step-by-step instructions from the Web, navigate to GIS educational material and fGIS software. These instructions also explain how to get free downloads of digital county soil photographs for any county in the United States and National Agricultural Images Program (NAIP) aerial photographs for all of North Dakota. Similar aerial photographs for counties in other states can be purchased online at www.apfo.usda.gov/NAIP.html or by mail from the Aerial Photography Field Office, 2222 West 2300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119-2020 Like all GIS computer programs I have used, fGIS requires some time and effort to learn. I will offer three-hour workshops on using fGIS with digital soil and NAIP aerial images during November and December at various North Dakota locations. To facilitate locations for the workshops, interested participants should contact the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department at NDSU. If you are interested in attending an fGIS workshop, send an e-mail to Lori at Lori.Sholts@ndsu.edu or telephone (701) 231-7261. Please include the name of your community. We will announce dates and locations based on the e-mail and telephone responses. The workshops will provide participants with fGIS hands-on experience working with digital soils and NAIP imagery. We will attempt to conduct the workshops at locations with high-speed Internet connections so participants can download the soil and aerial imagery during the workshops. Enough portable computers will be available for individual use. More information about geospatial technology is available from the NDSU Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department Web site at www.ageng.ndsu.nodak.edu. Follow the links to Extension Service programs and geospatial technology education. ### Source: John
Nowatzki, (701) 231-8213, jnowatzk@ndsuext.nodak.edu |
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