Using SNMP as a GIS front-end for WinMax

Introduction

Spatial Nutrient Management Planner (SNMP) is an ArcView-based program developed at the University of Missouri that can be used as a "front-end" for Purdue University's WinMax and Manure Management Planner (MMP). With SNMP you can lay out an operation's fields and buffer zones spatially and let its GIS automatically determine the following:

Field size
Buffer zone acres
Spreadable acres for each field (total acres less any buffer areas within field)
Distance from manure source
Soil types

You can then import much of this data into WinMax and complete your recordkeeping. Tip: Import the SNMP operation's fields.dbf file into WinMax.

SNMP can also generate a variety of color maps of the operation.

For more information on SNMP, go to the SNMP home page. If you already have SNMP installed and are ready to use it with WinMax, be sure to review SNMP's requirements (at MMP's site) and the SNMP tips for MMP (most apply to WinMax as well).

Last updated: Jan. 8, 2002