An Interactive look at Agriculture and Weather
The flooding in the Midwest is a tragedy for many individuals, an important development in commodity prices for others, and also an interesting case that demonstrates the value of AWhere's ability to view multiple layers of data on a single map. Our software lets anyone correlate the weather that occurred in an area with an area of planted crops, to help analysts estimate crop damage. Or by overlaying recent commodity prices, one could gain an understanding of the financial implications. But most importantly, you can ask your own questions, on the scale that's relevant to you, and not have to wait for the media to decide what they think is important.
Try out AWhere Software for FREE and interact with the weather amaps featured in Planalytics’s Webinar: Flood of '08 - Ramifications, Impact & Outlook for Agri-Marketers and also an amap focused on the Upper Midwest flooding and planted crops
Please follow this steps and contact us with any questions.
- Download AWhere Express Software.
- Download the Upper Midwest Agriculture amap below and save it.
- Double click on the file and AWhere will open the map.
- Use Zoom and Pan tools right under the blue tool bar to zoom in to your area of interest.
- Look for the My Maps link in the upper left and click between views!
- Look for the Upper Midwest Agriculture info map.
- Click on the map layers below to view – see map layer descriptions below.
- You can also turn on Virtual Earth underneath the data –for a great look at your local area! The control for Virtual Earth is in the third row of the AWhere Express window. Use the onion skin option for the KARS data layer.
AWhere blog
Read our blog post for more commentary. Add your thoughts, and let us know what you want to learn from the interactive data mashup.
Download AMAPs
July 2008 Forecast
The Weather Terrain amap file contains forecast data from July 2nd 2008 through July 11th 2008.
The file contains many variables of high interpretability, including:
- Absolute Minimum Temperatures
- Absolute Maximum Temperatures
- Precipitation Sum
- Growing Degree Days (GDD)
Upper Midwest Agriculture Info (June 19, 2008)
Description of map layers in the Upper Midwest Agriculture Info AMAP
Maps made from data from three completely unrelated sources are provided
- USA State and County boundaries
- Stream Flow Station Data USGS
- USDA NASS Crop statistics by county (2007)
The are statistics by county for acres of various crops – 2007 data, but 2008 is similar enough and 2008 statistics are not yet available.
- KARS NDVI difference data or Greeness
Vegetative greenness is a way of rapidly assessing crop health. The KARS Greeness difference layer is derived from 1 km resolution NDVI data .
When you look at the data – on the maps – in AWhere, the user has the data and the capability to zoom in and even alter the colors to suit your
needs. This is a wholly different approach than the simple provision of 'pictures' of the data on a map.
Weekly Planalytics FlashWeather AMAP files
Weekly Planalytics FlashWeather files are available for download here.
Other downloads
Download software, add-ins, data sets and training modules here.
Still have questions? We realize that working with complex data isn’t easy the first time…so give us a call or send us an email and we can help you out.
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