ISSN: 2347-3215 Volume 1 Number 1 (2013) pp. 57-68 www.journals.excellentpublishers.com Development of dynamic thematics for cropping pattern using GIS- A case study of Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu, India D.Kavitha and S. Aruchamy Department of Geography, School of Geosciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamil Nadu, India. *Corresponding author e-mail:
[email protected] Keywords: WebGIS; Kharif season data; cropping pattern; GIS; Open source systems; Physiography; Demographic Details; Crop Combination Analysis Introduction Development of dynamic thematic for visualization tools and a cartographic cropping pattern using WebGIS is the toolbox to the user in a web-based energetic or force in actual operation. interface. Dynamic cropping pattern to create a crop production environment that is changing. The cropping pattern of a particular area Such mapping environments are now easier exhibits the effort of man to overcome the to create with recent advances in web climatic conditions in that area. Analysis of technologies and standards. The user can, Kharif season data showed that rice was the to a large extent, determine what single most dominant crop of the state. information is to be displayed and in what Cropping patterns are the yearly sequence context. This project aimed to provide data, of crops grown and the spatial 57 arrangement of crops. It is formulated Geographic Information System (GIS) a within view to obtain maximum crop set of tools for collecting, storing, production under a given situation. retrieving at will, transforming, and Cropping patterns are dynamic and changes displaying spatial data from the real world occur with changes in factors of production for a particular set of purpose , and the and physiological and social environments.