Location Advantage MOOC AMA (Ask Me Anything): Thursday Nov 30, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm PT

[AdenaSchutzberg1]

Event details:

• What: Join instructor John Shramek, course host Linda Peters and Education Manager Joseph J. Kerski, Ph.D., GISP for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) live on the GeoNet Community in the Location Advantage MOOC group. Ask the panelists anything about the topics covered in the course and any fun, interesting and thought-provoking questions. 
  
• When: The AMA event will take place in this discussion thread (right on this page!) on Thursday November 30 , 2017 from 12:30pm-1:30pm PT.

How to participate:

• During the AMA, if you are logged into GeoNet (here's how to log in with your Esri credentials), you can post your questions in the comments below and the panelists will reply to your questions in the comments. 
• You're welcome to post questions ahead of the AMA but we won't begin answering them until the AMA begins on November 30th at 12:30pm PT.

Reminder: AMA Tips and GeoNet Community Guidelines

• You will need a GeoNet account (uses Esri credentials) in order to ask questions. If you do not yet have Esri credentials, get them right away; it can take a day or two to process the request.
• When asking questions and making comments during the AMA, remember to follow the GeoNet Community Guiding Principles.
• During the AMA this discussion page will not auto-refresh, so please remember to refresh this page to see new questions, comments and replies.

You'll know the AMA is live when you see a picture below with John, Linda and Joseph. From there on, remember to refresh the page to see our updates and new questions and comments. 

Thanks for joining us and we'll see you on Thursday!

12:30 pm - And we're live! Go ahead and ask your questions!

1:00 pm - We're halfway through, Great questions! Keep them coming!

1:25 pm - Five minutes to go! Got any fun questions for Joseph or John?

1:30 pm - Overtime! We'll take your questions too during this bonus 10 minutes! 

1:40 pm  - And that's a wrap! The live AMA has ended but Joseph, Linda and John will continue to answer questions as schedules allow. Thanks for joining us and asking great questions! 

 

[JosephKerski]

Louise - I have taught GIS in Kenya 2 x.  The coffee and tea there is the best I have ever had.  All those wonderful volcanic soils - so I then wrote a GIS-based lesson on best places to grow tea in Kenya.  Here I am on a tea farm in Kenya - On a tea farm in Kenya - YouTube   

--Joseph Kerski 

[JavierGamero]

How can we determine the best soil for coffee or wheat? Not just soil, knowing if the location is fit. For instance, if I had land and wanted to cultivate either.   

[AdenaSchutzberg1]

Starbucks uses our technology to manage its coffee. Representative spoke at the 2014 User Conference. Esri UC - Starbucks Coffee and IT - YouTube 

Adena

[JeanMegope_Foonde]

I think the Best coffee in the world is from the Highlands of Cameroon. Its arôme is unique.  .  

[JosephKerski]

Jean - thanks for the coffee tip!  --Joseph

[JavierGamero]

Hope I can try that, someday. 

[JavierGamero]

I have another question. I was reading that to maximize profits and optimize yields, we need to dedicate the right crops and equipment to the places where they can flourish. With Esri, I understand people can integrate high-resolution imagery, field observations, and real-time data feeds to understand how to make the most of limited resources. What else do you offer for anyone working in agriculture?

[JosephKerski]

Hola Javier - I would start here:  (1) GIS for Agriculture | Overview    (2)  Then look in the Esri Living Atlas of the World (3) CropScape - Cropland Data Layer - Data.gov    and some other agriculture layers that we describe on http://spatialreserves.wordpress.com    But you are correct - the use of GIS in agriculture goes way back to the 1980s with precision agriculture - and it is a KEY use of GIS even today.

--Joseph Kerski 

https://community.esri.com/groups/livingatlas?sr=search&searchId=8c911fc2-b88b-4f18-b3d8-b01bf9c6cb6...‌

[Anonymous User]

Javier, check out this video on CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research):

CGIAR | Computerworld 

Other than that, there are definitely ways that Esri can help maximize agriculture returns:

GIS for Agriculture | Precision Agriculture 

I've also heard that UAVs (or, drones), are being used a lot more in pinpointing what crops to plant where and how crops are faring.

[JavierGamero]

I will make it a bit more complex, how can someone have a wheat field or coffee field without deforesting? And at the same time produce energy, for instance, eolic in order to make flour in about 40 acres of land? Would a windmill be a good idea? A windmill producing energy and generating energy?