Case Study

Agriculture Field Survey System

Scenario
Indonesia is an emerging country in Southeast Asia. Its
agriculture production annually contributes to 15% of GDP,
and the farm labor accounts for up to 43% employment of
Indonesian economy. To improve the agricultural development,
Indonesia government injects more than 7 million US dollars
annually to provide diverse grant-in-aid projects, and Ministry
of Agricultural Republic of Indonesia (MoA) also gives
assistances including funding, seeds, insecticide, etc, based
Agriculture Field Survey System- on farmland size and the type of crops.
Mobile GIS
Solutions
Agriculture Field Survey System contains customized Server GIS, Desktop GIS and
Mobile GIS.
1. Server GIS:
Adopting SuperGIS Server 3.1a as service server, the Server GIS is capable of centrally
managing, publishing vector data and raster data of each province so that users can
employ various front-end applications to view, query and edit the map. To make sure the
data accuracy, the newest field survey result surveyed by farmers in the country can be
uploaded to SuperGIS Server 3.1a through the Internet as well.

To utilize agriculture-related funding effectively, report the real and current situation of 2. Desktop GIS:
farmland and crops, and avoid faulty spending or unnecessary waste, MoA of SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a helps MoA integrate diverse types of spatial data and save these
Indonesian government decided to replace paper-based and artificial work with GIS files as projects that can be published as map services by SuperGIS Server 3.1a. In
technologies to scientifically and objectively record farmland size, the type of crops, addition, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a also supports various spatial databases that would not
and so forth. Hence, MoA can efficiently spend funding and centrally manage the only have data sharing more convenient, but also support multi-user online accessing and
relevant information of farmland in the country. editing the data.
3. Mobile GIS:
Goals
Agriculture Field Survey System adopts
To precisely record and manage the relevant information of each farmland, such as the SuperPad 3.1 as the core and integrates
real farmland area measurement, the type of crops, and so on, MoA needs a GIS local users’ using behavior with
solution of Agriculture Field Survey System integrating with spatial data collection geographic features. The system is
function on mobile devices, editing and analysis function on desktop side, and spatial capable of assisting farmers in collecting,
data management on server side. editing and measuring the spatial data in
Farmers from each province are allowed to use mobile GIS and GPS function to record Complete Solution of Agriculture Field Survey System fields directly.
farmland area and also enter attributes and take pictures to record the crops in the farm.
The collected data can be sent to the server of MoA and be managed centrally. Thereby, What users need to do is load the required data to SuperPad 3.1 through the Internet,
the personnel in MoA can comprehend the authentic situation of farmland, like size, crop and upload the newest survey result to server after accomplishing data collection.
type, etc with the database and the website.

Goals Solutions

- To precisely record and manage relevant information of every farmland, what MoA needs is a To enable inspectors to definitely comprehensive the newest information of hillside condition in
GIS solution of Agriculture Field Survey System integrating with spatial data collection on mobile every region, Geotechnical Engineering Office, Public Works Department, Taipei City Government
device, editing and analysis on desktop, and spatial data management on server. decided to build “Taipei Hillside Remote Sensing Management System for Reporting and
Querying” consisting of “Reporting System” and “Field Investigation Management System.”

Case Study
Results
SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a supports
Agriculture Field Survey System is primarily composed of Mobile GIS (SuperPad 3.1), various spatial databases including
Desktop GIS (SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a), and Server GIS (SuperGIS Server 3.1a). These
Personal Geodatabase (mdb), SQL
3 products are respectively customized at different levels to match project requirements
and help Indonesian local users to manipulate more easily. Server, and Oracle Spatial. It not only
facilitates resource sharing and
1. Mobile GIS－Agriculture Field Survey System: interoperability, but also supports
Custommized Desktop GIS
To facilitate manipulation for Indonesian users, this project Applying Geodatabase Client to access multiuser to access, edit the data
customized SuperPad 3.1 as Indonesia Agriculture Field and edit the spatial data
online, and improves the data usage.
Survey System. In addition to spatial data overlaying, 3. Server GIS－SuperGIS Server 3.1a:
feature and attribute data adding and editing, the system Adopting SuperGIS Server 3.1a as service server, this Server GIS is capable of centrally
provides customized items such as Indonesian user
managing and publishing vector data and raster data of each province. Therefore, users
interface, splash for MoA, frequently used tools, etc.
Besides, the system provides built-in Indonesian coordinate can employ various front-end applications, like SuperPad, SuperGIS Desktop, browsers,
system and removes non-used ones to simplify the user etc to view, query, and edit the map.
interface. For local users, the system helps them enhance
To make sure the data accuracy, the
the efficiency of data collection significantly.
The collected data can be synchronized newest field survey result collected by
with the data in SuperGIS Server 3.1.
Over the Internet, farmers in Indonesia can load the farmers can be uploaded to SuperGIS
required map data from SuperGIS Server 3.1a and display Server 3.1a through the Internet.
in Agriculture Field Survey System and conduct tasks in Consequently, SuperGIS Server 3.1a
fields directly, including GPS positioning, spatial data and enables personnel of MoA to cope with
attribute data collection, measurement, etc. After the field Users can view and query the
collected data with browsers. farm and crop status in every district
survey is accomplished, the newest data can be uploaded Users are allowed to apply the tools to
to synchronize the data in SuperGIS Server 3.1a through measure the map in website. and manage all the data centrally.
the Internet as well. System Benefit

2. Desktop GIS－SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a: Cloud GIS solution of Agriculture Field Survey System provides MoA with a full-function
In this project, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a is customized as platform that integrates farmland survey, data synchronization, spatial data management and
Users can enter attributes and take
SuperGIS Desktop for Indonesia, providing Indonesian sharing, etc. Through Agriculture Field Survey System (SuperPad), the farmland size in
pictures to record the status of the farm. interface and the custom splash for MoA. every district can be recorded scientifically and objectively, and the relevant information can
be the references for MoA to decide the subsidy. Besides, with SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a, the
MoA adopts SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a to integrate vast amount of spatial data of every
province and save these data as project that can be published as map service by spatial data are integrated effectively, and the data can be shared through Geodatabase.
SuperGIS Server 3.1. Additionally, Moreover, the data are centrally managed in SuperGIS Server 3.1a that significantly reduces
the cost of data copy and storage and leverages task performance.

Results Software Used

1. Agriculture Field Survey System:This project customized SuperPad 3.1 as Indonesia Agriculture Field Survey System. -SuperGIS Server 3.1
2. SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a: This project customized SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a into SuperGIS Desktop for Indonesia to -SuperPad 3.1
provide Indonesian interface and splash for MoA. -SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a
3. SuperGIS Server 3.1a: this Server GIS is capable of centrally managing, and publishing vector data and raster data.