Publications
Farmland Protection and GIS
Title:
Farmland Protection and GIS: GIS Interface Helps Pennsylvania Counties Prioritize Farmland for Preservation
Authors:
Rick Day, Michael Anderson, Eric Steele and Maaike Broos
Publication Date:
December, 2000
Abstract:
In Pennsylvania, counties have adopted a Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) ranking system to prioritize applications for the Agricultural Conservation Easements Purchase Program. An ArcView Interface developed cooperatively between Penn State RGIS-Chesapeake and the Cooperative Extension GIS program has automated this process, helping counties to increase efficiency and allowing them to evaluate numerous scenarios in a single session.
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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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