Determination of land use and altitude of the experimental farm La María, owned by UTEQ, using aerospace technology

Abstract

The detailed survey of the territory allows determining the different uses given to the soils of the university campuses, by including the estimation of the area dedicated to each university activity, whether educational, research, production, it is possible to establish the areas with deficit and waste in their use, errors that usually occur due to the lack of high resolution scale cartography, which is very appropriate for the good administrative management of the experimental farms (León et al., 2020). For any academic institution that manages representative extensions of surface area, destined for education, research or production, it is essential to know the structure and distribution of space and land use of their respective academic campuses (Di Leo, 2015). Nowadays, it is necessary that universities are at the forefront of technology, specifically in geographic engineering, it is evident the need for the application of aerospace technology, which allows to determine in addition to land use its relief under a high resolution and in real time, appropriate to the needs of a globalized world (Yánez-Cajo et al., 2021), this in order not to lag behind a demanding and innovative academic culture. The present project has the intention of determining the use and altitude of the soil, in high resolution and updated of the experimental farm La María to facilitate the administrative decision making processes, in a more agile and adequate way, considering the management of the university space as a fundamental axis.