IT - GIS & Remote Sensing  
     
     
     
 
Geographical Information System has made the handling of spatial variability of agriculture system easy so much so that new aspects such as integration of expert system and decision support systems are being added to many modules that are being handled are developed .The GIS is interfaced with agri-software and further the information on various activities of cane department was depicted the form of maps, maps  
 
 
along with chart and trend analysis. This was done for whole operational area , different cluster wise area and down to village level. The main advantages of GIS and remote sensing are listed below:
 
     
 
To demarcate the area of operation of a sugar industry  
 
Study cane area and cane availability.  
 
Study the natural resources like Water and soil.  
 
Identifying of water bodies  
 
Classify the soils based on land capability.  
 
Analysis of data and interpretation in graphical form  
 
Its use in precision farming  
 
Development of various spatial and non-spatial modules  
     
     
     
 
Broadly the GIS application can be viewed under following headings
  
     
 
Map Analysis.  
 
Trend Analysis and  
 
Reports in data format.  
     
     
     
 
  Remote sensing:
It allows information to be obtained for a target crop by measuring the intensity of reflected electromagnetic energy .By assessing the reflectance of various wavelengths within the electro-magnetic spectrum a spectral signature for the crop can be established .The signature will depend on the characteristics and condition of the crop. Image processing software can be used to
 
 
identify the combination of bands that best identified a particular characteristic of the crop . The resulting digital image of the crop surface is made up of large number of pixels, each representing a parcel of land. The imageries on sugarcane availability at various distances along with crop conditions and forecasting of cane yield level helps industry to derive strategies for obtaining cane.