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Documentation of a spatial data-base management system for monitoring pesticide application in Washington

Open-File Report 93-492
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr93492

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Abstract

The Pesticide-Application Data-Base Management System was created as a demonstration project and was tested with data submitted to the Washington State Department of Agriculture by pesticide applicators from a small geographic area. These data were entered into the Department's relational data-base system and uploaded into the system's ARC/INFO files. Locations for pesticide applica- tions are assigned within the Public Land Survey System grids, and ARC/INFO programs in the Pesticide-Application Data-Base Management System can subdivide each survey section into sixteen idealized quarter-quarter sections for display map grids. The system provides data retrieval and geographic information system plotting capabilities from a menu of seven basic retrieval options. Additionally, ARC/INFO coverages can be created from the retrieved data when required for particular applications. The Pesticide-Application Data-Base Management System, or the general principles used in the system, could be adapted to other applica- tions or to other states.

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Schurr, K., Cox, S., 1994, Documentation of a spatial data-base management system for monitoring pesticide application in Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-492, iv, 246 p. :ill. ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr93492.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Documentation of a spatial data-base management system for monitoring pesticide application in Washington
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 93-492
DOI 10.3133/ofr93492
Year Published 1994
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey ; USGS Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor],
Description iv, 246 p. :ill. ;28 cm.
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