Principle Investigator:
Co-investigators:
B.D. Lee, A.D. Karathanasis, and J.E. Mueller
Research Analyst
Students:
A.C. Pike, M.S. 2008.
N.J. Hamilton, M.S. Current
Statement of Problem
The underutilization of publicly available land-use assessment datasets has led to long-term negative economic and environmental consequences.
Proposed Solution
The objective of this project is to develop methods for making public land-use assessment data more easily available over the internet for viewing in Google Maps and Google Earth.
Research Approach
- We have built research dataset for viewing land-use assessment data in Google Earth that has been published in the Journal of Extension (Hamilton et al., 2008).
- We have also web page that utilizes Google Maps API and it can be viewed in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple-Safari Web Browsers but it has not yet been configured for Microsoft Internet Explorer. You can view it here. This paper was described in the proceedings publication (Mueller et al, 2008) paper cited below.
Findings
The Cooperative Extension Service could help individuals and communities make more informed decisions regarding residential development by providing soil-survey derived land-use assessment data through Google Earth and Google Maps API. See the examples below in Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 2. Example of web page created using Google Maps API (Based on the work published in Mueller et al., 2008)
Publications
- N.J. Hamilton, B. Mijatovic, T.G. Mueller, B.D. Lee, B.W. Kew, H. Cetin. Google Earth Dissemination of Soil Survey Derived Interpretations for Land-Use Planning. Submitted to the Journal of Extension. Accepted.
- Mueller, T.G., N. Hamilton, A.C. Pike, B.D. Lee, A.D. Karathanasis, T.J. Nieman, J.E. Mueller, D. Carey, and D. Zourarakis. 2008. Google Maps as an Aid for land-use planning decisions. In R. Khosla (ed.) Proc. 8th International Conference on Precision Agriculture and other Precision Resources Management. ASA Misc. Publ., ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI. Published on CD.
Presentations
- Mueller, T.G., N.J. Hamilton, J.E. Mueller, B.D. Lee, A.C. Pike, A.D. Karathanasis, T.J. Nieman, D.I. Carey, and D. Zourarakis. 2008. Google Maps as an Aid for Land Use Planning Decisions. 2008 Agronomy Meetings.
- Mueller, T.G., B. Mijatovic, N. Hamilton, H. Cetin, B.D. Lee, and A.D. Karathanasis. Dissemination of Land Use Planning Information from Soil Surveys with Google Maps and Google Earth.2008 Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meetings.
- Mueller, T.G., B. Mijatovic, A.C. Pike, H. Cetin, and A.D. Karathanasis. 2007. Dissemination of Soil and Land Use Planning Information with Google Earth and Google Maps. 2008 Agronomy Meetings.
- Mueller., T.G., and A.C. Pike. 2007. Internet mapping with ArcGIS and Google Earth. Soil and Water Conservation Workshop: Geospatial Tools for Natural Resource Management. May 24.