GIS Specialist
Geospatial Services Librarian
Nathan Piekielek
Contact:
W-1B Pattee Library
Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps & Geospatial Information
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
16802-1809
Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps & Geospatial Information
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
16802-1809
814-865-3703
WebsiteSubjects:Maps
Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information
Agricultural Sciences: Select Library Resources
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Goodchild, M. F. (1996). GIS and environmental modeling: Progress and research issues. Fort Collins, CO: GIS World Books.This text provides an overview of GIS and environmental modeling.
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Pierce, F. J., & Clay, D. (2007). GIS applications in agriculture. Boca Raton: CRC Press.This text includes applications of GIS in pest management, weed management, and soil mapping applications.
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Morain, S. A. (1999). GIS solutions in natural resource management: Balancing the technical-political equation (1st ed.). Santa Fe, NM: OnWord Press.This text provides an overview of natural resource management as geospatial information applied through case studies to solve challenges.
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Dikau, R., & Saurer, H. (1999). GIS for earth surface systems: Analysis and modelling of the natural environment. Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger.This text focuses on environmental modeling with geospatial information, with attention given to scale-specific applications, landscape applications, and multiple data formats.
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Lyon, J. G. (2003). GIS for water resources and watershed management. London: Taylor & Francis.This text approaches hydrological modeling, and real world applications of watersheds and water resource management through the use of GIS.
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Thakur, J. K., Singh, S. K., Ramanathan, A. L., Prasad, M. B. K., Gossel, W., & SpringerLink (Online service). (2012;2011;). Geospatial techniques for managing environmental resources (1. Aufl.;1st; ed.). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-9This e-book incorporates remote sensing, geographic information systems, and data informatics to address environmental challenges related to risk modeling, forest cover, crop disease detection, and land use/land cover.
Agricultural Sciences: Select Web Resources
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GIS for Agriculture, ESRIThis ESRI site provides examples related to precision agriculture, risk and sustainability, and field operations.
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Agricultural Science and GISThis site explores how GIS is being used in agricultural science.