Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

Geographical information systems provide a powerful tool for analysis of data on land use, soils, climate and other parameters used in the study of irrigated agriculture. These analytical capabilities permit Gentek Consult to study variations  within single parameters (e.g., how water use varies among fields mapped as having a single land use) as well as interactions among multiple parameters (e.g., how cropping corresponds with soil type). A particularly powerful use of GIS is to overlay measurements of actual ET or of biomass production generated by satellite imagery onto land use mapping to identify relations between actual ET and various land uses. Gentek Consult uses our expertise in GIS primarily as an analytical tool. A secondary, yet also powerful function of GIS is the capability to produce maps that display both base data and analytical results.