Development of agricultural monitoring application as media for social interaction

In this paper, we describe application software for agricultural monitoring data for people to easily communicate with each other. We developed a monitoring system that automatically collects high-definition crop images and its application software that provides graphic-based agricultural contents. Users can observe detailed crop images through the Internet and submit comments for the image such as differences among crop statuses and cultivation methods. We aim at the construction of agricultural knowledge archives and the activation of social interaction between farmers, consumers, and local residents.