Development of software for land capability classification

Abstract

Land refers to a delineated part of the earth's surface, including mountains, rivers, swamps, deserts, islands, and coast areas. Soil comprising minerals and biological materials is a natural feature of the earth's surface and support plant growth. The software helps to surveyor, field officers in classifying the land, to suggest special soil and water conservation practices and to recommend the crop cultivation for the classified land. To run the software use the command Alt+F9 or run command. After giving the command the user is firstly promoted to enter the slope of land in percentage, then it will asks for the depth in cm. When depth is entered it will ask for the final input i.e. soil type. Enter the respective soil type. As soon as the inputs are entered, it will display the result on the screen. The developed software is run successfully with the different conditions and the results are noted. Overview and brief description of software developed in 'C++' language, which was tested for different depths, slopes and soil types. Developed software is useful for suggesting the soil and water Conservation practices. The software is very easy to operate and general guideline and idea about the running software to any new person.