Abstract
 Mobile GIS Helps Streamline Agricultural Survey for State of Utah Track: Water Resources Author(s): Sara Larsen The State of Utah's Division of Water Resources collects and maintains agricultural and water-related land use for the entire state. Each year one or two hydrologic basins are selected for an update resulting in a new layer every five years. Since 2002 survey crews have been using a mobile geographic information system (GIS) to efficiently collect data from the field. The latest innovation for this agricultural/land use survey is a migration from older to more current software in order to take full advantage of a Tablet PCs pen-based technology. The Division would like to demonstrate how a combination of satellite imagery, software, GPS, and handheld computers have dramatically improved the speed and accuracy of their data-gathering efforts. Sara Larsen State of Utah Division of Water Resources 1594 West North Temple, Suite 310 Salt Lake City , UT 84114 US Phone: 801-538-7280 E-mail: saralarsen@utah.gov |
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