Sustain Niagara: Supporting Innovation in Agricultural Land Management

遥感、实时wi-fi传感器网络、地理信息系统、高性能计算和增强现实(AR)/人机界面设计(HCI)等领域的发展为尼亚加拉大学提供了一个机会，通过提供技术和专业知识来帮助管理土地使用，从而扩大尼亚加拉学院在当地工业中的参与。学院新土地利用技术(LUT)中心正在研究和使用这些技术来为土地利用管理者构建解决方案。该设施将扩展其现有的能力和专业知识，帮助当地工业收集和关联数据，并将其转化为有用的土地管理信息。土地使用技术集团拥有的大部分专业知识和技术都是在尼亚加拉学院CCI试点项目期间与规划工程师和当地葡萄园所有者合作开发的。最近与新的合作伙伴和环境组织的经验表明，这些技术在城市和农村土地管理中都有广泛的应用，包括温室作业、嫩果、园艺以及废物和水管理。这些业务的共同主线是，从经济优化的角度和从土地管理的角度，都需要最大限度地利用现有土地。新的知识、工具和技术将通过来自尼亚加拉学院及其学术合作伙伴的多学科学生和教师团队分享和转让，与行业合作伙伴携手合作，并与部门团体和经济发展组织建立战略联系。

The growing fields of remote sensing, real-time wi-fi sensor networks, GIS, high performance computing and augmented reality (AR)/Human Computer Interface design (HCI) offer an opportunity to expand Niagara Colleges participation in local industry by providing technology and expertise to help manage land use. The Colleges new Land Use Technology (LUT) center is studying and using these technologies to build solutions for land use managers. The facility will expand its current abilities and expertise to help local industries collect and correlate data and turn it into useful land management information. Much of the expertise and technology housed in the Land Use Technology group was developed during the Niagara College CCI pilot project, working with planning engineers and local vineyard owners. Recent experience with new partners and environmental organizations has shown that the technologies have a wide application to both urban and rural land management, including greenhouse operations, tender fruit, horticulture, and waste and water management. The common thread that these operations share is a need to make the best use of available land both from an economical optimization standpoint and from a land stewardship point of view. New knowledge, tools and techniques will be shared and transferred through multi-disciplinary student and faculty teams from Niagara College and its academic partners, working hand in hand with industry partners, and linked strategically to sector groups and economic development organizations.