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Agrifoods Branch GIS |
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The Agrifoods Branch has an established
Geographic Information System (GIS) maintained
by the Land Resource Stewardship Division. This
Agrifoods GIS maintains geospatial data for both
soils and land use information and has developed
policies, procedures and standards for
geospatial data along with quality
assurance/quality control (QA/QC) protocols for
all GIS/GPS datasets.
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Government Infrastructure |
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In 2001, the government of Newfoundland and
Labrador recognized the need for a standardized
GIS infrastructure and adopted the ESRI platform
as the standard platform throughout all
government departments. This standard GIS
hardware and software ensures consistent access,
availability, and performance and promotes data
sharing and coordination. This enables the
Agrifoods Branch to readily access digital base
data, digital aerial photography and high
resolution satellite imagery from other
government departments and NGO’s. |
Geospatial Data
Requests
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Geospatial data
requests to the Agrifoods Branch are handled
by the GIS staff within the Land Resource
Stewardship Division. Data\maps are compiled
from in-house material when available and
from data collected by soil surveyors,
agricultural land use staff, Agricultural
Representatives and various departmental
specialists (i.e. crops, livestock, and
poultry). The GIS staff in turn compiles the
geospatial data from all the relevant
sources and provides the data\maps to
respective staff members for data
verification and update. The Agrifoods
geospatial database is dynamic in nature and
is continually being updated by data
collection staff. With the support of the
soil surveyors, agricultural land use staff,
Agricultural Representatives and specialists
(crops, livestock, poultry) the department
will be able to continually maintain
geospatial data necessary for various
industry commodities groups and government
support services. |
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Other Applications |
The Agrifoods Branch geospatial database
contains information on the entire
agriculture sector. This information is
utilized by individual farmers for
environmental farm planning, nutrient
management planning, APF progress
monitoring, industry management and decision
making processes by Government and NGO’s.
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For further information contact the
GIS Specialist or
Agricultural Representative for your area.
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