Tag Archives: Farming

Drawing Land Use Maps and Modifying Field Boundaries

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Dan Foster

Dale writes: “My application requires that I measure the areas of various land use types within a given project area. I had problems when I tried to append a particular shape of one land use to another shape of a … Continue reading →

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Calculating the coverage of a central-pivot irrigator

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Dan Foster

Tom H. needs to draw a circle on a map and determine how many acres are covered by that circle. Dan Foster shows how to use the Waypoint Proximity feature in ExpertGPS to draw circles and how to calculate the … Continue reading →

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Calculating the Area of a Farm Field

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Dan Foster

Dan M. from Indianapolis asks how he can use ExpertGPS to calculate the area of his farm fields. ExpertGPS author Dan Foster shows how to use ExpertGPS to calculate the acreage of an irregularly-shaped farm field using the mapping and … Continue reading →

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