Other State Government Projects
- Use of biosolids for mine reclamation
- Production of digital soils data for PA
- Development of a PA Vineyard Site Assessment System
- PA Spatial Data Clearinghouse (PASDA)
- Generation of Spatial Conservation Easements for PA Farmland Protection Program
- Mapping animal operations in PA using GIS
- GIS activities and the Department of Agriculture
- Riparian forest inventory and anaylsis for Virginia using GIS
Research: State Government Projects
Production of Pennsylvania Digital Soils Data
Funding Agency: PA Dept of Environmental Protection
Project Dates: 9/28/00 – 9/27/03
Primary Researchers:
This project is designed to provide complete digital soils coverage for the state of Pennsylvania. We are hopeful that the third year of funding will be provided by the State to complete the project. NRCS is also partnered in with us to work on this project.
Visit the Pennsylvania Map Compilation and Digitizing Center to learn more about Soils in Pennsylvania.
Visit the Soil Map Web site to view soils in Pennsylvania through an online Web GIS interface.
The Penn State Cooperative Extension, Geospatial Technology Program (GTP) Land Analysis Lab is a research,
cooperative extension, and teaching program in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University.
We specialize in the use of GIS and related advanced information system technologies for environmental assessment, agriculture,
and land management and planning.
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