Limitations and implications for Egyptian soil spatial data infrastructure (Record no. 38087)

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fixed length control field 100601s2007 ua ss b eng d
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Original cataloging agency EAL
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
Language code of summary or abstract ara
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Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) ART JAES V6 No3 3
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bahnassy, Mohamed.
240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Journal of agricultural and environmental sciences, 2007 v. 6 (3)
Medium [electronic resource].
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Limitations and implications for Egyptian soil spatial data infrastructure
Medium [electronic resource].
246 15 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title المعوقات والتحديات للبنية التحتية الرقمية للأراضي المصرية.
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Extent p.34-48
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Bibliography, etc. note Includes reference.
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Summary, etc. The land master plan (LMP) of Egypt was issued in 1986, as a joint cooperation between the Egyptian Government represented by Ministry of development, new communities and land reclamation; and kingdom of the Netherlands, represented by Ministry of foreign affairs directorate general for international cooperation. Euroconsult-Pacer consultants carried out the activities, based on the results of check-surveys of the high dam soil survey (FAO, 1965), and new reconnaissance and semidetailed soil studies performed by General Authority for Rehabilitation Projects and Agricultural Development (GARPAD) in 1985. The LMP included maps for land capability, land management categories and soil units, at scales 1:250,000 (reconnaissance) and 1:50,000 (semidetailed). The present study aimed to create a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) in Geographic Information System (GIS) environment, for West Nubaria region, using 3 adjacent maps. Each map sheet was digitized separately, and processed to create the topology. Attribute data associated with each polygon included soil unit, land capability class, and land management categories. Up to this point, no limitations were encountered in building-up separate geodatabase. Problems started to occur when creating a seamless coverage for the three map sheets. The tirst and most important limitation was the inconsistency among the polygons boundaries at the edge of two map sheets. This represented a serious outcome, since each of the polygons had different attributes. Edge matcbing failed at tbis point. Different processing tecbniques were elaborated (union and merging), and eacb metbod resulted in a different output, depending on whicb map is cbosen first for the processing. None of tbe above mentioned tecbnlques produced a satisfactory result. Anotber encountered limitation was tbe discrepancy in tbe calculated acreage of eacb mapping unit between tbe report and tbe GIS database. Tbis migbt be attributed to metbodology employed in measuring tbe 1986's areas using tbe planimeter, and tbe error associated witb these measurements. Moreover, land capability classes were Incompatible wJtb tbe results obtained using recent software. The main implications for tbese limitations are: i) To apply tbe new tecbniques of Remote Sensing (RS) to map tbe different soil units, especially in vast desert and bare areas; ii) To determine tbe location of soil observations by Global Positioning System (GPS); and iii) To transfer all tbe gatbered data into GIS environment for processing and manipulation.
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Language note Summary in Arabic.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Soils
General subdivision Research
Geographic subdivision Egypt.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Geographic information systems.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Remote sensing.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Yehia, Hytham.
773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY
Title Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Related parts 2007.v.6(3)
International Standard Serial Number 1687-1464
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Record control number u158961
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://nile.enal.sci.eg/EALE/2007/JAES/607/3/34.pdf">http://nile.enal.sci.eg/EALE/2007/JAES/607/3/34.pdf</a>
Public note Full Text Article.
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