Abstract
There are quite a lot of unused plots of lands that are suitable for agriculture or other business in the territory of Lithuania. This has happened because of various social, natural and economic reasons. Scientists emphasize that all intensity of agricultural production is determined by different conditions of development of agricultural activities. Productivity of soil is highly significant in this case. Big farmers control vast territories in which natural conditions are different. Some farmers engage in one type of activities in their farms, whereas others develop different business. Using the territory used for agriculture to engage in different activities is more efficient economically because different crops need different conditions to grow; therefore, it is possible to obtain higher economic efficiency taking into account the characteristics of soil. Taking into account the relevance of such a map in practice, it was decided to try to draw it up using geographic information systems. The biggest problem while performing this task is the fact that initial information is saved in different formats. The article also describes the capacities of software. It is noteworthy that the situation is analyzed in respect of drawing up a map of individual holdings not a mass map of unproductive land. The article is more of practical nature; therefore, the results reflect program capacities and theoretical ideas more that could be useful in business and expand the capabilities of land management officers‘ activities.
Highlights
There were approx 537 thousand ha of unused land in the territory of Lithuania according to the data of 2013 (Aleknavičius, P., Aleknavičius, M. 2014)
Generalizing the literature collected, it may be concluded that GIS is a truly multifunctional measure for solving various social, economic, environmental protection and other problems as well as picturing the results obtained in geographic space
The fact that digital information stored in different formats can be coordinated using ArcGIS (10.2) program is a huge advantage
Summary
There were approx 537 thousand ha of unused land in the territory of Lithuania according to the data of 2013 (Aleknavičius, P., Aleknavičius, M. 2014). There is no official information concerning the methodology that will be used to update the said maps yet It is doubtful whether the wards which were characterized by unproductive lands before due to unclear economic factors will not become territories with fertile lands and vice versa (Tavorienė 2016). Such lowproductivity (up to 30 points) land plots can be used for other, unconventional business, e.g. to forest them, engage in unconventional agriculture, livestock farming, horticulture or rural tourism in them (Ozolinčius 2005) Taking all these causes listed into account, it is useful for specialists of respective areas and/or farmers to know low-productivity plots and specific layout thereof in a respective territory. ArcGIS (10.2) program was used to process data and draw up the map
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