GDA’s acreage
assessments take crop maps a step further by determining actual crop acreage.
Through the use of high resolution
imaging and historical crop land information, GDA determines field boundaries
and field acreage for each and every field within the area under evaluation.
These field areas are then aggregated to provide crop specific acreage for
desired administration level such as state or county.
The Acreage
assessment product is available as a stand alone product with data available in
tabular form or map form, with acreage aggregated to sub-national or national
administrative level.
Acreage assessment
product, when purchased in conjunction with crop monitoring (crop yield and
progress) and crop area mapping products, provides maximum value by offering
crop specific, location based production data. Production data can then be
aggregated in multiple ways, including on a national or regional basis, to
assist decision making of internal financial teams or within a requested
area for a specific point of interest, to assist internal logistic teams increase efficiency and save cost. Examples may
include, determining the number of soybeans acres or production within 100
miles radius of a specific POI such as processing plant or
shipping point or determining the transportation costs
from field to destination for a specific crop volume. 