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Re: [permaculture] GIS Revisited with permaculture, homesteading and market farming/gardening uses in mind.
- From: Kathyann <knat@sprintmail.com>
- To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] GIS Revisited with permaculture, homesteading and market farming/gardening uses in mind.
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:08:42 -0500
Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
> I'd like to start a thread on GIS and try to uncover technology that can be
> applied
> to farms and land on which permaculture systems have been built.
> Questions:
>
> What equipment is available?
> What software is available?
> What can be done in house without hiring an outside specialist?
> Can GIS data be exported to a laptop?
>
CyberTracker does well for recording identified animals, plants, water
sources. Runs on a palm with GPS and imports into GIS formats.
Can download government chartings of an area to set-up a base.
Collection easy since set up pictoral but I found learning curve for
import difficult, but students not so.
Peace,
Kathyann
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[permaculture] GIS Revisited with permaculture, homesteading and market farming/gardening uses in mind.,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 11/15/2008
- Re: [permaculture] GIS Revisited with permaculture, homesteading and market farming/gardening uses in mind., christopher nesbitt, 11/15/2008
- Re: [permaculture] GIS Revisited with permaculture, homesteading and market farming/gardening uses in mind., Kathyann, 11/16/2008
- Re: [permaculture] GIS Revisited with permaculture, homesteading and market farming/gardening uses in mind., Michael Snow, 11/16/2008
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