Meeting with Lena Weber

Tonight Kurt English, Peter Snyder, Mr. Gallagher, and myself, Juliana Wakeman, went to C.T. Male Associates, P.C. to meet with Lena Weber, Ph.D., GIS Applications Manager. This was a follow-up to information Mr. Wakeman gave us on an online NRCS soil database. Dr. Weber taught us how to use ArcExplorer Java Edition with GIS Software. Using ArcExplorer we can access maps that show regions of soil type throughout New York State. We can search for maps of broader areas as necessary. Using Microsoft Access in conjunction with ArcExplorer we are able to access information about each varying soil type and save this information in Microsoft Excel, which can be accessed using Perl, integrating this information into our final output. We really appreciate Dr. Weber taking the time to teach us these applications.