Hafize Gunsu Gemesi1 hgguldeniastate.edu, Charles R. Hurburgh2 tatryiastate.edu

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GIS Based Agricultural Geo-Traceability Model
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Hafize Gunsu Gemesi1 (hggulden_at_iastate.edu),
Charles R. Hurburgh2 (tatry_at_iastate.edu) 1
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1,2
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Definition of Traceability ISO 8402
GIS for Field Activity Mapping

• The ability to trace the history, application
• location of an entity by means of recorded
• Identifications

• GIS connects to simultaneous serial real-time
  data streams in the field (i.e. GPS, SCUFA,
  10-AU)
• GIS combines incoming data and maps the readings
  in real-time as subsequent dots.
• The subsequent GPS readings (combine, cart) are
  overlaid on a rectified aerial photograph so that
  the actual position of each activity in relation
  to the study area (Farm) can be determined.

Project Objectives

• Provide information for specific production
  practices (IP, organic, etc.)
• Visualize traceability data in a clear and
  intuitive way on maps and make use of GIS to
  study the relationships between environment and
  the production parcels
• Creation of information system that is compliant
  with legal requirements (FDA Bioterrorism Act,
  ISO 22000 2005, etc.)
• Visual demonstration of product movement

Geographical Traceability in Agriculture

• Acquisition and processing of geographic
  referenced farm level data
• Geographical traceability indicators will relate
  production lots and their
• environment.
• web based infrastructure manage geographical
  traceability information

Tools

• ArcGIS 9.2
• ArcSDE Enterprise Database Management Software
• 2005 SQL Server database

• Figure 2 above shows partial GIS based Farm
  Traceability Model

Results

• Figure 4 above shows the real-time data
  acquisition for a single lot

Next Steps

• Figure 3 above shows the lot dynamics and
  transformation of lots at the farm

• Creation of web based infrastructure that will
  help to manage geographical traceability
  information

• Creation of Geo-identifier
• A geo-identifier locates a map object or a
  production parcel while an agricultural product
  is processed.

• Figure 1 above shows the how farm management
  data can be related to specific geographic
  location (LOT) by using GIS based database
  management tool

• Analysis of new ISO 22000 Food Safety and
  TraceCore Standards and integrated of GIS
  traceability concept