Natural Resources Conservation Decision Support System

 Start date: 1/1/1999

End date:     

Status: Active

Executive Summary

The program of work between USC’s Earth Sciences and Resources Institute (ESRI-USC) and the NRCS of South Carolina began in 1998. The intention was that ESRI-USC would assist the NRCS in the development and implementation of a GIS-based Decision Support System (DSS) to promote the sound planning of conservation systems, especially those concerning the utilization of animal manure. The use of spatial analysis components within the GIS model would be to develop a map showing the suitability of lands for the siting of buildings, lagoons and land application of manure. The data to be used in the spatial analysis component would include underlying environmental data (including surface water quality, leachability and soil erosion indices), regulatory requirements and economic constraints associated with hauling costs of the manure.

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Magnetic Contouring of Pee Dee River for Location of Potential Underwater Archaeological Sites

 Start date: 7/1/1999

End date: 8/31/1999   

Status: Completed

Executive Summary

The Underwater Archaeology Division of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) gathered side-scan magnetic data long the Pee Dee River. ESRI-USC geo-referenced these data and created contours of the magnetic filed values in order to assess anomalies indicating likely aquatic archaeological sites.

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