Radley College Land Survey (GIS)

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• a vector base map of fields & roads was plotted by students using AEGIS editor
• students then visited each field and recorded land-use
• they also interviewed the local farmer
• land-use survey results were entered as codes onto an Excel spreadsheet
• data was linked to seeds on the vector map
• the final map was generated automatically by AEGIS The Advisory Unit : Computers in Education (UK)

(Produced by Radley College Geography Dept)

(Produced by Radley College Geography Dept)


(Produced by Radley College Geography Dept)

Study the Land-Use Maps

a) Comment on the distribution and size of grass fields (green).

b) What other land-use patterns can you observe and suggest possible explanations.

c) Comment on the major land-use changes.

d) Why does crop rotation occur?

e) Which land uses have not changed? Why?


For more information on Geographical Information Systems try:

• Ordnance Survey (UK)
• The Advisory Unit : Computers in Education (UK)
• Kingston GIS Sites (UK)
• The Kingston Centre for GIS (UK)

• Radley College Urban Fieldwork (GIS)

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