GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM AND REMOTE SENSING ON-LINE COURSE APPLIED TO VINE-GROWING
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing are innovative technologies, whose management involves dealing with a high number of variables, and a great amount of data. Therefore, they offer the user an analytical potential that exceeds their usual working tools, providing more accurate, effective, and easier results
During the course, the student will be provided with open source GIS software SIG (English version) which can be fully used upon completion of the course for further activities.
The goal is not only to get the student immersed in the numerous techniques within this large field, but also carrying out practical and real exercises about different vine-growing models. This includes from small winery with its own vineyard to big wineries and vine-growing cooperative with multiple suppliers and vineyards.
Although this course is directed toward the vine-growing world, the knowledge gained can be also put into practice in other agricultural sectors, like olive or fruit growing.
UNIT 1.-
INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
- Precision Vine-growing
- Geographic Information Systems
- Raster Data
- Vector Data
- Remote Sensing
UNIT 2.-
BASICS OF GVSIG
- GvSIG installation
- Boot up gvSIG at first time
- Import vector layers
- Direct and inverse location
- Import raster layers
- Graphic representation of information in land database
- Exercises
UNIT 3.-
LAND DATABASES
- Vine-growing models
- Wineries with an output less than 1 million kilograms of grapes
- Land Digitalization
- Attribute table’s creation
- Wineries with output more than 1 million kilograms of grapes
- Importation cadastral maps
- Links between attribute tables
- Exercises
UNIT 4.-
CREATION MAPS OF VINE-GROWING RAPENING
- Variability parameters of grape at intraplot level
- SEXTANTE in gvSIG
- Sampling points digitalization
- Interpolation models: Kriging y Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW)
- Obtaining of continuous maps
- Exercises.
UNIT 5.-
OBTAINING OF VINE-GROWING ZONING MAPS
- Vine-growing classification variables at plot level
- Digital Terrain Models (DTM)
- Automatic calculus of height above sea level in vineyard plots
- Automatic calculus of hillside condition in vineyard plots
- Exercises.
UNIT 6.-
REMOTE SENSING WITH AERIAL IMAGE
- Aerial images and satellite images
- Reading, georeferencing and registration of images
- Vegetation Index
- NDVI calculus in an image with Landsat satellite
- Classification and histograms. Natural intervals
- Maps of inter-plot vineyard variability
- NDVI calculus in an image with Quickbird satellite
- Classification and histograms. Intervals from quantiles
- Maps of intra-plots vineyard variability:
- NDVI calculus with Deymo´s satellite image
- Classification and histograms. Natural intervals
- Maps of inter-plot vineyard variability - Exercises.
UNIT 7.-
REMOTE SENSING WITH PORTABLE MONITORS
- Terrestrial Optical Sensors TOS
- Field data collection: GPS
- Import and georeferencing data
- Vegetation index calculus
- Maps of intraplots vineyard variability based on vegetation index
- Zoning harvest areas
- Exercises.
UNIT 8.-
MODELING OF VINE WATER STATUS
- The water status of vine and qualitative irrigation
- Modelling of vine water status through Remote Sensing: NDWI index
- Water status maps at interplot level
- Calculation of irrigation sectors. Cost saving
- Management of irrigation through gvSIG
- Exercises
UNIT 9.-
MAPS COLLECTION OF DISEASE RISK
- The quality of the grape and the health of the vineyard
- Seasons and weather forecast websites
- Second derivate at DTM: automatic obtaining of hollows areas
- Remote Sensing and vegetation index associated with disease
- Calculation of mildew risk maps. Interplot and Intraplot
- Calculation of botrytis risk maps. Interplot and Intraplot
- Exercises
APPLICATION FORM (Download)
ENROLMENT: To enrolment this course, you must fill out the application form and mail to this e-mail address: course.enosat@gmail.com
COURSE TEACHING DATE:
- From January to March 2011 in the northern hemisphere
- From June to August 2011 (or September) in the southern hemisphere
PRICE: 400 €
NOT FOR MACINTOSH
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