Development of information system for the appraisal of watershed management.
M. Lokesh Reddy, Ibrahim Khaleel, Shiddanagouda Yadachi, Beerge Ramesh · INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING · 2012
ABSTRACT : The information system (IS) is windows based interactive software developed in visualstudio. The software components are watershed concept, watershed planning, watershed conservation,watershed development, watershed management and hydrological numerical solver. The watershed concept,planning, conservation, development and management comprises with quality information in text, photos,videos, animations etc. hyperlinked with each other. The hydrological numerical solver deals with executionof hydrological parameters namely precipitation and runoff. The special features of IS are quality informationwith photos, videos, standard tables; charts etc were hyperlinked with each other. The software is meant foragricultural engineers/water resource engineers in the line departments and planners, the IS will also find itsuse with officials of the state agriculture/watershed departments, NGO’s and as a teaching aid in educationalinstitutions etc. KEY WORDS : Watershed planning, Conservation, Development, Management, Hydrological numericalsolver.