Welcome to Agmodel Project Page

Agmodel Project provides tools for speeding the development of portable agriculture models. By portable, we mean that models can be easily run in any country rather than being tied to a particular database. Our approach is to create "intelligent hubs" that handle particular kinds of data in a consistent way. Agricultural software applications can access these hubs using distributed computing approaches. Most of the software on these pages is open source - we encourage you to use these tools, and contribute criticism, additions and improvements.

Surface weather records are important for many agricultural models, but weather data is scattered over many different databases and is constantly being updated.

MetBroker provides consistent, timely access to Internet-based weather databases in eight countries.

MetBrokerLite is a lightweight implementation of MetBroker that holds all station metadata in memory. It is suitable for situations where a limited number of small databases need to be linked to a broker. Like MetZoneBroker it retains full compatibility with MetBroker applications, database drivers, and configuration files.

Elevation data (the height of land above sea level) is useful for interpolating weather elements and in hydrological applications.

DEMBroker provides consistent access to digital elevation models (DEMs) with differing formats. Currently DEMBroker provides global coverage at 1km through the GTOPO30 DEM and coverage of Japan at 50m.

Internationalizing software greatly widens its potential user-base. However, the process of localizing software to each language is time-consuming.

ResourceServer is a Web-based system for handling program text such as button labels and menu items. It lets a software application quickly download the text items it requires in the national language of the user. Translators can add and update the text provided through a Web-based editor.

Many agricultural applications require "background maps" to provide a spatial reference frame for users.

ChizuBroker provides applications with consistent dynamic access to rasterized maps from various online sources. Currently maps are available for Japan, New Zealand, US and Europe.

Demos Utilizing Multiple Brokers(other demos on broker pages)

Click to Run	Applet	Description	Pictures	Brokers used:C=Chizubroker
Spatial temperature		Shows daily maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall across a region.	Temperatures and rainfall on the Korean peninsular	C
Interpolation		Shows daily maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall at any point in a region - demo by Imada san		C
Spatial risk		Shows risk of weather extremes across a region.	Risk of frost in Ibaraki prefecture Risk of frost with spatial interpolation	C
3D DEM Viewer		Provides an interactive 3D visualization of terrain anywhere in the world using the VisAD data visualization classes. You need to install Java 3D in order to view this application. You can download Java 3D from here. (Select one of the JRE versions. For Windows the Open GL version seems more stable).	Norway	C

Applet links above should install the Java Plug-in if required. Click here to download the Plug-In from Sun if it doesn't load automatically.

Click here to download compiled classes, example applications and documentation.

We welcome any feedback, positive or negative, on this site and the project.