I am interested in the model like GISAREG application. GISAREG is not available since the language used to develop it (ArcView 3.2) is out of date and does not work in the current versions of windows.
So, can anybody suggest open source and freeware GIS application wich can take irrigation data (net irrigation requirements for different fields and crops, irrigation scheduling scenarios) from irrigation program such as: CROPWAT, AquaCrop or WINISAREG and turn them to spatial data and maps.
Thank you.
Article GISAREG—A GIS based irrigation scheduling simulation model t...
Please ask about irrigation Prof.Dr. Nadezhda Nadezhdina ([email protected]), her system is based on sap flow control, spends water and increases yield. Jan
If you have spatial data , then irrigation requirement may be calculated using CROPWAT and with any of the GIS software like ARC GIS or open source software like Q GIS you can turn them into spatial maps / outputs
There is no "best"!
Gisareg is discontinued because ArcView was discontinued
In the meantime, I found software (AquaCrop-GIS) that as explained in short introduction can "prepare the required inputs, executes AquaCrop, elaborates the results and shows them in a Geographic Information System." This software is developed by FAO and it is based on AqaCrop and GIS. Unfortunately, I have not tried it yet.
http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc120e.pdf
http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquacrop.html
If someone is good in programming, GIS-based DSS is the art............ you can do whatever you like............. All crop water models, hydrological models can integrate and produce interactive output. No available DSS is useful for other area by principle..... You can have a look my structure, which I developed..... I do not practice this as no time. I used ArcGIS 8.3...... MapInfo platform is the another good platform....
No GIS-based irrigation model is the best. You can explore a lot and make user-friendly. If GIS-based model is not integrated with GUI/DSS then it will not be useful by users or readers. This is my simple perception. Prof LS Pereira developed ISAREG using ArcView. I developed using ArcGIS 8.3 and VBA. Both DSS were nice. Due to recent capability and improvement of ArcGIS, both DSS are fake now. That'swhy I don't like to use ArcGIS anymore. I like to use MapInfo+MapBasic/C++, which can produce faster output than ArcGIS platform. MapInfo has improved lot but development environment is still maintained and improved lot now.
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