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  • From: Rich Morris <mailinglists@pfaf.org>
  • To: "H. Marshall" <eco@gaianlife.co.uk>, pcdb <pcdb@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [pcdb] Other DB Designs
  • Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:53:25 +0100

H. Marshall wrote:
You guys have probably seen this already, but seeing as you have been
discussing 'useability' I though maybe I'd suggest taking a look at the
Vegspec database. It has a nice easy to use interface which may stir up some
ideas about what you do (or don't) want to see with the PCDB.

http://vegspec.nrcs.usda.gov/vegSpec/index.jsp

cheers!
Helen

Thanks for that Helen.

A few thoughs:

Interesting set of data, seems like there is a lot of detailed data around on the soil makeup of the US.

Its very much an expert system, you need to know quite a lot about your site to be able to use it.

Its not very immediate, to start seeing the actually plants you need to answer 10 or more questions. This could deter the causual reader.

I get the feeling its more keyed to large scale planting of single crops so has a different focus to permaculture design.

Rich

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