1. CropScape Demo Innovations to Minimize Crop Loss in a Changing Climate Rick Mueller National Agricultural Statistics Service February 24, 2012

2. CropScape A web service based interactive map visualization, dissemination and querying system for U.S. cropland – No burden on users No client software development & installation No special software tools needed Data mashable Democratization of data – Equitable information access, automatic timely delivery, and geospatial navigation Collaboration with George Mason University/Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS) http://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScape

3. ~ 9 billion pixels/year! 2008 – 2011 National Cropland Data Layers Harmonize ALL historical CDL products to standard: color scheme, categories, projection, metadata.

4. ’06-’07 ’05 & ’07 ’07 ’97-’07 ’04 ’99-’07 ’00-’07 ’04-’07 ’99-’07 ’01-’07 ’06-07 ’06-’07 ’01-’07 ’06-‘07 ’97-’07 ’06-’07 ’03-’07 ’02 ’00-’07 ’06-’07 ’07 ’02 Harmonize ALL historical CDL products to standard: color scheme, categories, projection, metadata. 1997 – 2007 Cropland Data Layers

5. Navigation Pixel Query AOI Query Social Media Help Print/Download Stats/Change Data View Overview CropScape Components

6. By State By State & ASD Select an Area of Interest

7. By Rectangle, Circle, or Polygon By State, District & County Select an Area of Interest

8. Crop Statistics Pixel counting is usually downward biased when compared to official estimates. Counting pixels and multiplying by the area of each pixel will result in biased area estimates and should be considered raw numbers needing bias correction. Official crop acreage estimates are available at http://www.nass.usda.gov/.

9. Change Analysis 2010 2009

10. Download/Mashup ™

11. National Cropland Data Layer Legend

13. CropScape Google Analytics

14. Research Education Agribusiness Land Cover Modeling Mapping Land Use Crop Rotation Pesticides Water Use Soil and Water Watersheds Carbon Crop ProtectionDisaster Assessment Epidemiology Crop Production Yield Fertilizer Transportation Ethanol Irrigation Climate Fertilizer Usage Biofuel Erosion Data Mining Environmental Risk Planning Commodity CRP Forest Change Detection Crop Intensity Ecosystem Land Management Ecology Pest Control Soil Utilization Acreage Estimates Biodiesel Water Quality Urban Growth Wildlife Habitat Condition Assessment NASS Cropland Data Layer Applications http://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScape