Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
de database of the German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and
Food Safety (Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittel-
sicherheit 2013)
Buffer zones that arise from the slope of a field (e.g. >2%)
Buffer zones that arise from spray nozzles used (drift reduction class)
Buffer zones to water bodies depending on which German state the
field is in
Buffer zones to terrestric structures deserving protection based on the
index of small landscape features by the the Julius Kühn-Institut
(JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants
The calculation of the buffer zones is carried out by an online-GIS-
application. Within the scope of a complex geoprocessing service information
and geodata from the sources mentioned above are intersected to identify
zones in the field where pesticide spraying is prohibited. The result is a map
that defines application zones and legal buffer zones (Figure 1). The farmer
has the possibility to edit this map.
Figure 3. Example for a web interface.
