The shape of a farm can tell you a surprising amount about the land it’s on and the people that use it.
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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
– Central pivot irrigation: an irrigation system that moves in a circular pattern around a central pivot point
– Contour farming: tilling sloped land along lines of consistent elevation in order to conserve rainwater and to reduce soil losses from erosion
– Strip cropping: partitioning a field into long, narrow strips which are alternated in a crop rotation system
– Terracing: a method of farming consisting of building platforms along a slope
At 3:10 we show a collage of Google Earth images from the video. Here are the coordinates for each (from left to right and top to bottom):
1: 1°15’60.0″S 37°24’11.5″E
2: 1°15’40.8″S 37°23’57.2″E
3: 7°51’04.2″S 61°35’47.1″W
4: 32°53’48.7″S 71°21’33.4″W
5: 38°53’11.2″N 35°36’11.4″E
6: 25°09’55.7″N 55°35’09.2″E
7: 37°11’37.0″N 26°47’45.7″E
8: 42°50’39.1″N 143°03’10.9″E
9: 53°58’24.5″N 0°44’01.8″W
10: 16°37’22.1″S 62°54’38.5″W
11: 46°58’13.1″N 70°51’28.5″W
12: 27°10’19.5″N 81°48’21.2″W
13: 25°48’55.2″N 110°09’02.3″E
14: 43°39’27.2″N 90°55’17.7″W
15: 28°58’14.4″S 23°55’12.6″E
16. 24°08’14.0″N 23°13’17.0″E
17. 25°48’20.4″N 110°08’57.6″E
18: 43°44’38.1″N 141°52’07.6″E
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REFERENCES
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Hazlett, R. & Peck, J. (2018) An Image Reconnaissance: Agricultural Patterns and Related Environmental Impacts Viewed From Space. Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.557
NASA Earth Observatory, 2022. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
Oksanen, T (2013). Shape-describing indices for agricultural field plots and their relationship to operational efficiency. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 98, 252–259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2013.08.014
Pulliam, A. (1948). Farm layout and farmstead planning. : Corvallis, Or. : Federal Cooperative Extension Service, Oregon State College. https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/administrative_report_or_publications/n870zv71w