Generating Agriculture Field Plot Maps

Question

I work in agriculture remote sensing research, mainly focusing on grains and pulse crops. I have for some time wonder how can I generate a field trial plot map consisting of rectangle polygons (field plots) separated by fixed distances (e.g. 1 m between plots and 5 m between rows etc.) without having to manually draw and adjust the polygons?

Fishnet does not work because the polygons are joined together and although inner buffering can create some distance between the polygons, this will not work well.

I've seen some commercial software such as AgLeader SMS having a module that can define plot parameters (you can input the number of rows per plot, field width and depth, base trip and alley length, and row spacing.) and it will create a shape file of the field map. Plot Prescription Module | SMS™ Advanced | SMS™ Software | Products | Ag Leader Technology

Any suggestions on plugins or scripts that can do similar job? Or can someone make this plugin? I think there's a huge demand for it.

AislinnPearson · Answer

This is a very belated reply but I'd like to know if there is a non-coded solution to this problem? We use MiniGIS to solve this problem, and it's a really great solution not least because the workflow is so simple and it allows us to automatically assign plot ids, but it would be nice to know if it is possible in ArcGIS.

PauloFlores · Answer

Hello Joshua,

Have you found a solution to draw the plots in ArcGIS? I just want to share with you that it is possible do draw the plots using a python script, and I just figure out a way by which one can accomplish that. That is part of something bigger that I am working on for drone imagery analysis, and I am not ready to share it yet. I am working on write that up. Hopefully we can get that published soon.

Best,

Paulo

JoshuaKoh · Answer

GitHub - atenah/Plot-Boundary-Extraction-CSV-KML: In this approach, first I create a KML file from the field map (.CSV) …