Visual guideware as an information tool in the farm

The data acquisition and utilization of information related to agricultural crops and growth environment information from a cultivation perspective are very important to keep a stable cultivation and the quality of products, and also to improve the productivity. ICT devices including Field Server that enables long-term monitoring in the field were developed with the demand of data acquisition and cultivation support. However, some of the cases arise, which a reconsideration of the composition of data acquisition system is necessary because Field Server was developed as an integrated device of sensors and a network camera. In addition, software that provides users analytical functions and essential information visually and compositely has been eagerly anticipated at field site. Therefore, in this paper, new data acquisition system that consists of Field Server, sensor network and high resolution camera was examined and also the development of a prototype for the Web application software that satisfies user demands was carried out.