Information Systems for Agriculture
GRANT AND SUBSIDY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Gamma Mapserver offers end-to-end management of grant and subsidy processing from land parcel digitisation to final calculation of grant eligibility. The system allows users to digitise land parcels, capture land usage information and capture information on animal numbers and type. Reports and maps are automatically generated for client farms including calculations of grant eligibility.
Mapserver is used by hundreds of Department of Agriculture staff in the Republic of Ireland to manage thousands of Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (REPS) grant applications every year.

GIS has enabled these planners to move from paper-based map marking and manual grant aid calculation to an automatic end-to-end planning system.

The REPS solution incorporates GIS, data capture, data administration and report generation.

The system functionality includes:

Map marking and digitisation of land parcel boundaries
Linked topology to ensure changes in one boundary effect all connected boundaries
Customised symbols for use in map marking (e.g. Broad leafed Tree)
Data capture against each digitised plot or symbol
Automatic calculations of nutrient levels using captured animal types and numbers
Automatic calculations of grant aid level given digitised land parcels, plot sizes and land usage
Automatic generation of reports for submission to Department of Agriculture.

The REPS implementation of Mapserver can easily be customised to offer the same functionality for grant schemes in any other country.
GAMMA HOSTED APPLICATIONS
Gamma MapServer is delivered via an Applications Service Provider (ASP) model, where Gamma host and manage both the application and the data it uses.

Delivering your GIS as an outsourced solution provides the following advantages:

Key Benefits:
4 Reduced total cost of ownership (typically 40-60%)
4 Rapid development and deployment
4 Instantaneous access via internet browser
4 Reduced impacts from competence gaps in your organisation
4 No internal resources, hardware or software required

Mapserver is a .Net application. The system’s underlying technology has been built by Gamma from the ground up. This provides clients with robust, scalable and secure application.

As our software is entirely proprietary, we have the flexibility to meet exact user requirements, without reinventing the software it is based on.