Precision farming from Rockwell

Author

Bloom, Kenneth V. ; Smith, Leonard C. ; Elliott, Craig A. ; Boerhave, Steven J.

Author_Institution

Rockwell Int., USA

fYear

1996

fDate

22-26 Apr 1996

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The Rockwell Vision System is the most advanced, integrated crop management and analysis tool available on the market today. This system includes software and hardware that utilizes differential Global Positioning System (GPS) to capture field data, including yield, crop moisture, topography, soil type, soil chemistry, and weed infestation (up to 256 layers of data). As a result, the farmer can see layer after layer of precise data on each piece of ground. Highly capable geographic information system (GIS) software enables the farmer and crop consultant to analyze each field´s productivity and manage crop inputs (seed, fertilizer, and chemicals) to achieve economic and environmental benefits. The Vision System hardware consists of the vision receiver, the vision computer display, and associated installation kits

Keywords

Global Positioning System; farming; geographic information systems; microcomputer applications; topography (Earth); user interfaces; Global Positioning System; Rockwell; Vision System; computer display; crop management and analysis tool; crop moisture; differential GPS; field´s productivity; geographic information system; precision farming; soil chemistry; topography; weed infestation; Chemical analysis; Crops; Geographic Information Systems; Global Positioning System; Hardware; Machine vision; Moisture; Software systems; Soil; Surfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1996., IEEE 1996

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3085-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLANS.1996.509047

Filename

509047