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Title: GIS Technology: Keeping Pennsylvania Agriculture One Step Ahead


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GIS Technology Keeping Pennsylvania Agriculture
One Step Ahead
  • Sean E. CragerGIS Coordinator

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PDA GIS
  • Currently PDA has a contract with Penn State
    through the College of Ag. Science under Dr. Rick
    Day of the Land Analysis Lab
  • This contract provides PDA with a full time
    on-site GIS Coordinator
  • GIS Coordinator fulfills all GIS needs for the
    Department
  • Analyzing potential opportunities for GIS
    implementation, maintaining an enterprise GIS,
    develop web-based GIS applications, provide
    technical knowledge to users, training, represent
    the Department on GIS issues, partake in Homeland
    Security development, etc.

3
Enterprise GIS _at_ PDA
  • Currently have one dedicated GIS server
  • Over half a terabyte of data storage
  • 100 megabit network to deliver data
  • ArcSDE delivers over 70 data layers to all PDA
    GIS users
  • Data layers stored in MS SQL Server
  • ArcIMS delivers web based applications to users
  • Entire system is capable of delivering data and
    web based mapping services to all 7 PDA regional
    offices
  • This allows for central maintenance and creation
    of data

4
Enterprise GIS _at_ PDA
  • How desktop users access data
  • ArcGIS 8.3
  • ArcMap
  • ArcInfo
  • ArcIMS
  • Sites tailored to specific projects
  • Internet browser access
  • ArcPad

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Data Sources
  • Currently PDA uses GDT Data
  • Private vendor that provides road centerline,
    public place locations, demographic info,
    waterways, etc
  • Other data is obtained from various sources
  • PASDA
  • National Atlas
  • State Agencies
  • National Agencies
  • Vendors

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Data Creation
  • Plum Pox
  • Stone fruit orchard boundaries
  • Plastic Pesticide Container Recycling
  • Locations for recycling used pesticide container
  • Dog Bites
  • Statewide bites
  • Dangerous Dogs
  • Registered dogs
  • Invasive weeds and plants
  • Plant pests and insects
  • Apiary locations
  • Protected farmland
  • Farm land entered into protection from
    development
  • Dirt and gravel roads
  • Line features of non-paved roads maintained by
    State Conservation Commission
  • Weights and Measures
  • Locations of all UPC scanners, gas stations,
    underground tanks, propane
  • Farm Mapping
  • Locations of livestock farms

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Data Collection
  • PDA has over 50 GPS units currently in use
  • CMT March II
  • Garmin 76s
  • Magellan SporTrak
  • Field personnel such as plant inspectors and
    animal inspectors all carry GPS units

9
Data Collection
  • PDA is using online web mapping as one means
    to collect farm data from PSU ExtensionAgents
  • Allows onlinemapping withoutvisiting site

10
Data examples
  • State Data Viewer
  • Hosts an assortment of state data
  • Plum Pox Viewer
  • Allows the visualization of data for non-GIS
    users such as summer interns and other PDA
    personnel
  • Farmland Preservation
  • Users can print maps and view densities of
    protected farmland in any region
  • Bureau of Animal Health Livestock Map
  • Used to map livestock locations and to create
    buffers and quarantines in case of disease
    outbreak

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Other PDA GIS Projects
  • AgMap www.agmap.psu.edu
  • Land Analysis Lab
  • Hosted at PSU in State College
  • Allows for Agricultural and related businesses to
    register for free to a service that allows for
    potential customers to seek their products or
    services
  • Uses ArcIMS technology to allow geographic
    searches to be made and distances given from
    buyer to seller
  • Also allows for sellers to create an account to
    check site stats, hits on their listing, and send
    out emails via mailing list

14
Homeland Security
  • Critical data layers are being identified for HLS
  • A current list is being developed by PDA
  • Amusement parks
  • Licensed kennels
  • Farm markets and roadside stands
  • Farms
  • Fertilizer / Pesticide manufacturing and storage
    facilities
  • Food processing facilities
  • Land zoned for agriculture
  • Veterinarians
  • Zoos / petting zoos / animal preserves

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PDA GIS Problems
  • Converting existing databases to GIS Ready
    databases
  • Agriculture deals mainly with rural locations
  • Many RR and PO Boxes
  • Makes geocoding less efficient
  • Locating the Ag in PA
  • PDA does not know where all the Ag is
  • No licensing system in place in order to raise /
    sell livestock or crops
  • Over 56,000 farms in PA
  • This number does not account for back yard
    farmers
  • Dealing with Ag community
  • Very protective of their information
  • Not always the most high tech community

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Future of GIS at PDA
  • Farmer with a Dell
  • Today about half of the 2 million farms in the US
    are internet enabled
  • Triple from 1997
  • Farmers can become more involved in Geospatial
    technologies
  • Precision farming
  • Cooperative Extension
  • Allows for a more one-on-one relationship to be
    developed
  • More resources than PDA alone
  • Improving technology
  • Allows for improved mapping and data retrieval
  • Improved addressing
  • E911 in counties will enable increased geocoding
    results
  • Also will be used to denote which addresses are
    agriculture

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A career in GIS?
  • Why?
  • Exploding industry
  • Many new jobs being created in this field due to
    advanced technologies in computer hardware and
    GPS improvements
  • Average starting salary for new hires is over
    30k
  • Can provide a mix of field work with office
    analysis
  • Enhances your marketability
  • High tech skills are in demand right now
  • Rewarding work with a cool WOW factor!
  • People get excited when you can show them a
    picture of their house from outer space

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A career in GIS?
  • According to a survey from GISjobs.com
  • Only 4.9 years on average in experience
  • 40 have a B.S.
  • 15 with M.S.
  • 80 use ESRI software
  • 23 use Intergraph
  • 64 use MS Windows
  • 28 use UNIX
  • 38 know Visual Basic
  • 10 know Java
  • 57 use MS Access
  • 26 use dBASE
  • 22 use GPS
  • What does all of this mean to you?
  • Its a new industry
  • Youre already getting a B.S. or M.S.
  • Ship uses ESRI products
  • We ALL work on Windows
  • Take a programming class
  • Know a database and how it works
  • Learn to use GPS and understand how it operates

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Preparing yourself for a career in GIS
  • Obviously take as many courses as possible in GIS
    and related topics
  • Remote sensing, Map and Air photo, GIS Intro and
    Advanced, Computer Mapping, Field Techniques
    etc..
  • Get the GIS Certificate here at Ship
  • Many disciplines use GIS not just
    Geoenvironmental and Geography
  • Biology, Business and Marketing, Computer science
    etc..

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Preparing yourself for a career in GIS
  • Take a programming class
  • Whether you are a desktop or power user,
    understanding a computer language will really
    make you advanced
  • Do an internship
  • Many local companies offer internships
  • State Government is a great way to do an
    internship
  • They pay!
  • Lots of exposure to a variety of people and
    programs
  • Use this time to NETWORK

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Preparing yourself for a career in GIS
  • Begin a portfolio
  • Use GIS to enhance your reports and projects for
    class
  • Save them and put into a portfolio for an
    potential employer to view

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Join a GIS related organization
  • Many offer reduced membership fees for students
  • Allows for networking
  • Keeps you current of events

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Where to look for a career in GIS
  • http//gislounge.com/library/career.shtml
  • http//www.geojobsource.com/homepage.htm
  • http//careers.geocomm.com/
  • www.esri.com
  • www.aag.org
  • http//www.scgis.org/GISjobs.html
  • http//www.aag.org/
  • http//gti.hrdpt.com/
  • http//www.gjc.org/
  • http//www.geosearch.com
  • www.urisa.org

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Questions?
  • I will be available afterwards to speak with
    anyone interested in GIS or related topics.
  • I will also have information regarding
    internships at the Department of Ag in Harrisburg
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