AGRICULTURE

1. Geographic information systems(GIS)

2. Geographic information systems(GIS)
DEFINITION
An organised collection of computer hardware,
software, geographical data and personnel designed to
efficiently capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze &
display all forms of geographically referenced information.

3. GIS
• Gives spatial information
• Two types of data:
Spatial data
Non spatial data

4. GIS map
Spatial data
• Depicted as point, line or a polygon feature
Non spatial data
 Attributes stored in a table as numbers or characters

5. Storing data
• Vector formats- linear feature
• Raster formats- stored as image- looks real. Line, polygon
and point features
• GIS takes care of features, attributes and layers.

6. Applications of GIS
• Agrl development
• Vegetative cover
• Crop acreage and production estimation
• Wasteland mapping
• Forest area mapping
• soil resources mapping
• Ground water potential mapping etc…

7. Trends in GIS
oNRM
• Watershed Delineation
• Waste land demarcation
• Ground water resources
• Identifying water bodies
• Disaster areas

8. Modern tools for planning watersheds
• DEM map( Digital Elevation Model)
to represent continually varying surface by isolines
or contours.
Global system – WGS 84
In India - LCC
Web portals – Google earth, Bhuvan(ISRO)
Co ordinates taken in UTM plane
India falls in 43, 44, 45,46 planes

10. DEM

11. DEM

12. Images on GIS

13. REMOTE SENSING

14. Remote sensing
• Technique of obtaining information about an object
through analysis of data collected without coming in touch
with the object.

15. Stages in RS
• Emission of EMR
• Transmission, absorption and scattering of energy from
source to earth’s surface
• Interaction of EMR with earth surface
• Transmission of energy from surface to remote sensor
• Data output transmission, processing and analysis

17. Basic hypothesis
• Any object on earth is having a unique spectral signature
This helps to distinguish one object from another

18. The Electromagnetic Spectrum

19. What is Light?

20. What is Colour?

21. Why Do We See Colour?
after Campbell, J.B., 1987. Introduction to Remote Sensing. New York: Guildford.

22. near IRblue green red
Spectral Bands

23. A fundamental premise in remote
sensing is that we can identify and
learn about objects and features on
the Earth's surface by studying the
spectral characteristics of the
radiation reflected (and/or emitted)
by these features.

24. Colour Composite Displays
• We typically create multispectral
image displays or colour composite
images by showing different image
bands in varying display
combinations.

26. True Colour Composites

28. Standard False Colour Composites

29. Colour Composite Images

30. Colour Composite Images

31. Feature True Colour False Colour
trees and bushes olive green red
crops medium to light green pink to red
wetland vegetation dark green to black dark red
water shades of blue & green blue to black
urban areas white to light blue blue to grey
bare soil white to light grey blue to grey
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, 1995. Multispectral Users Guide.
General Appearance of Surface
Features on Colour Composite Images

32. What is Spatial Resolution?
• The fineness of spatial detail visible in
an image
• Most affected by contrast
• Determined by the sensor’s
Instantaneous Field of View (IFOV)
• “Resolution”

33. Low Spatial Resolution
Spatial Resolution: 80 m
File Size: 0.5 Mb
Ground Dimensions: 33 x 33 km
Image Dimensions: 418 x 418
Landsat Multispectral Scanner Image
A

34. Medium Spatial Resolution
Spatial Resolution: 30 m
File Size: 0.5 Mb
Ground Dimensions: 12.5 x 12.5 km
Image Dimensions: 418 x 418
Image size required to cover area in A:
1.2 Mb (1100 x 1100 )
Landsat Thematic Mapper Image
B

35. High Spatial Resolution
Spatial Resolution: 1.5 m
File Size: 0.5 Mb
Ground Dimensions: 625 x 625 m
Image Dimensions: 418 x 418
Image size required to cover area in A:
500 Mb (22,300 x 22,300 )
SPIN-2 Panchromatic Image
C

36. Spatial Resolution: 500 m
Terra MODIS August 24, 2002 NASA Earth Observatory

37. Spatial Resolution: 30 m
Landsat 7 ETM August 27, 2000

38. Spatial Resolution: 30 m
Landsat 7 ETM August 27, 2000

39. Spatial Resolution: 2.4 m
QuickBird 1 September 11, 2002

40. Spatial Resolution: 0.62 m
QuickBird 1 September 11, 2002

41. Instantaneous Field of View

42. Satellites
• Geo stationary satellites
Orbit in synchrony with earth’s rotation
Altitude of 35000km
Mainly for communication and meterology
GEOS,METOSAT, INTELSAT,INSAT
• Sun synchronous satellites
All remote sensing resource satellites
LANDSAT,IRS,CARTOSAT

43. GLOBAL POSTIONING SYSTEM(GPS)
• GPS is a satellite based radio-navigation system
established by US dept of Defence for military purposes.
• 24 satellites and their ground stations involved.
• Provides information on latitude, longitude,elevation and
direction

44. GPS
position
• Unique position
corresponding to a reference
system
• WGS 84 (global)
• NAD 83 (US)
• LCC (India)
• NARSTAR satellites are
involved

45. System
• Handle device
• Satellite
• Ground station
• Processing station
2D position – 3 satellites are involved
3D position – 4 satellites are involved