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3 Lessons I Learned from Publishing Geoprocessing Services in ArcMap

December 6, 2016 by Ifeoma Leave a Comment

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I’ve gained a lot of insight about successfully publishing geoprocessing tools in ArcMap for Web App Builder GP widgets.

All of these lessons are lessons that I wish I knew about before spending time searching Google or on GIS Stack Exchange looking up solutions to the errors I encountered.

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Filed Under: Python Tagged With: geoprocessing

The Structure of Forest Layers

August 12, 2016 by Ifeoma Leave a Comment

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When studying plants, plant geographers tend to focus on the general plant cover in a space by looking at life-forms.

A life-form is defined as a plant’s function in an ecosystem, which can include how a plant’s size, shape, and physical structure impacts its ecosystem function. Instead of using species identification, a life-form is an alternate way to classify plants.

This blog post will be focusing on the types of life-forms that may be found in the moist forest layer, such as trees, shrubs, herbs, and lianas, and quick overview on how they are structured.

Keep in mind that different groups may classify the structure of a forest in various ways other than the ways I list below.

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Filed Under: Forests Tagged With: forest, herb, shrub, tree

USDA NASS Crop Surveys Overview

July 23, 2016 by Ifeoma Leave a Comment

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Surveying a very popular method used by agricultural agencies to gather information from farmers.

Below is a list of some of the surveys USDA NASS uses to collect data about crops:

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Filed Under: Agriculture, Statistics Tagged With: survey

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