Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How much does it cost?

GeoWeed is free, under a Gnu Public Licence (GPL)

Q: How can I obtain it?

Register on the GeoWeed.org website and download it.

Q: What support is available?

First, read our User Guide, available on this website.

Team Arundo del Norte partner can contact the Sonoma Ecology Center for support during the term of their AECP (Arundo Eradication and Control Project) contracts.

All users may find answers to their questions on the Forums, and can post new questions. Other users and the Sonoma Ecology Center staff will respond as they can. Unfortunately the Sonoma Ecology Center has very little funding for supporting users other than TAdN.

Other support arrangements (contracts or fee per service) can be arranged. Contact us!

Q: Is GeoWeed compatible with NAWMA and other standards?

GeoWeed collects a superset of the North American Weed Management Association (NAWMA) Weed Mapping Standard, as well as the related California Weed Mapping Handbook.

GeoWeed's weed tracking model expands upon the NAWMA model by tracking an identified weed patch over time; a given weed patch may have one Occurrence record with data that is mostly time invariant (such general location, species), along with one or more Assessment records, each being a snapshot of the state of that patch at a given time (including eradication). This can however be reduced to the simpler NAWMA model by combining data from both records to export a simple NAWMA compatible flat file.