Transcript of Proposal to contribute to Freeman Ranch Sara Dunlap Project Manager David Szpakowski Assistant...
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- Proposal to contribute to Freeman Ranch Sara Dunlap Project
Manager David Szpakowski Assistant Manager Natalie Bowman GIS
Analyst
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- Freeman Ranch has worked with Texas State to create a
geodatabase but additional information is needed. Farther research
is needed for grazeability, infrastructure, and recent changes to
the landscape.
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- Modeling the potential spatial distribution of beef cattle
grazing using a Geographic Information System Timothy G. Wade,
Bradley W. Schultz, J. D. Wickham, and D. F. Bradford Estimating
Grazeable Acreage for Cattle Jason C. Hohlt, Robert K. Lyons, C.
Wayne Hanselka and David McKown How Much Forage Do You Have? Larry
D. White and Calvin Richardson
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- Freeman Ranch is made of 4,200 acres maintained by Texas State
University.
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- Freeman Ranch needs to know how much of their land cattle will
graze on for the purpose of creating a sustainability plan for
cattle management. The Ranch also needs to record the
location/conditions of water lines, roads, fences, gates, utility
poles and meters, as well as have access to an Elevation Model.
Considering the October flood of 2013 some water features from the
database may require revisions.
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- Determine how much of the ranch is grazable by cattle and
distinguish areas that are very favorable for grazing from less
favorable areas.
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- Create a map of water meter locations and account numbers for
ranch use.
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- Provide data and metadata for the location and condition of
roads, fences, and utility equipment.
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- If necessary, update features that may have endured flood
damage.
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- Develop a map of Freeman Ranch elevation and aspect.
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- Data TypeSource Elevation Texas Natural Resource Information
System (TNRIS) VegetationCapital Area Council of Governments Water
SourcesFreeman Ranch Geodatabase BoundariesFreeman Ranch
Geodatbase
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- We will examine each one of our variables and assign them a
value according to their ability to support cattle. Study:
Application of GIS in determining grazable acreage. Objective:
Cattle suitability modeling Process: Cost path analysis
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- Percentage of rock coverage.
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- Areas that meet all criteria will be yellow, areas that do not
will be blue, and areas that fall in between be colored on a
scale.
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- Freeman Ranch is divided into fourteen different sections. We
will exclude areas that are currently being used for other
purposes. The start point for our analysis will be at the water
access points within each area.
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- Detailed Maps of possible grazing locations, and utility
reference map of water meters and Freeman Ranch utilities
conditions. Updated Freeman Ranch Geodatabase that includes aspect
and elevation maps. Atlas containing GIS data, project proposal,
reports, and presentations Instructions on how to use the atlas
(readme file)
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- A ranked system for the grazeable land area of Freeman Ranch.
Cattle Sustainability Planning Areas that are preferable for
Grazing Areas unsuitable for Cattle Updated map of water lines and
utilities. Maps of water meter locations Information on utility
conditions/locations Updated Geodatabase for Freeman Ranch New data
for ranch management Updating of older data
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- Knowledge of the amount and quality of grazeable land on
Freeman Ranch, as well as the location/condition of other
utilities, is important for efficient sustainability planning and
management to take place there.
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- EGSC is capable of providing this knowledge through our
understanding and proficiency with geographical information systems
(GIS), and deliver this information in a way that will be easily
understood by the ranch faculty.
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