Services
GIS for Agriculture
The application collects pest and damage records from a large and geographically diverse audience that includes internal staff, local authorities, individual farmers, other state agencies, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Example Projects
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Aug2010
Shasta Mosquito and Vector Control Mobile Operations System
Shasta Mosquito and Vector Control District (SMVCD) is a public health agency started in 1919; charged with protecting residents from disease carrying and pestiferous mosquitoes. Since then they have annexed approximately 1,086 square miles in Shasta C…
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Aug2010
CDFA - GIS Feasibility Study for Animal Disease Management
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VESTRA was contracted to complete an enterprise GIS Feasibility Study Report (FSR) for the California Department of Food and Agriculture—Animal Health Branch’s (CDFA-AHB) animal disease management program. Because of t… -
Aug2010
CDFA - Pest Disease Record Mapping and Quarantine Boundary Editing
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VESTRA has worked with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to incorporate a mapping component into their existing Pest Disease Record (PDR) application. The application collects pest and damage r… -
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CA Dept. of Boating and Waterways
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VESTRA was contracted by the Department of Boating and Waterways to assist with an enterprise GIS implementation for their Aquatic Weed Program. This program conducts weed control activities in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Delta regio… -
Sep2010
Vineyard and Winery Management
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One example of a grower striving to attain this optimal balance is Ken Deaver of Deaver Vineyards. A fifth generation Amador County farmer, Deaver Vineyards farms approximately 320 acres of zinfandel in the Shenandoah Valley near the c… -
Sep2010
The Hess Collection Winery - Vineyard Development
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The Hess Collection Winery (Hess) retained VESTRA to develop a GIS database that will be used to plan and manage its existing and new vineyard properties. Hess wanted to use GIS to determine if c… -
Sep2010
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Sep2010
Wattle Creek Winery - Vineyard Development
Wattle Creek Winery retained VESTRA to help map and analyze a 590-acre tract of land for its potential for premium wine-grape production. Using surveyed contour lines, VESTRA analyzed slope and aspect conditions of the property and integ…
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