System allows growers to collect, download own field-elevation data
The AutoFarm GPS 5001 Data Logger allows growers to collect elevation data from the AutoFarm Guidance system and download it into a Windows computer. The data is recorded on a standard flash disc with 48-MB capacity. As the guidance-system-equipped tractor moves through the field, field elevations and the coordinates of each elevation point are recorded. The data is more accurate than conventional laser surveying, which is usually based on a 100-foot (30-meter) sample interval. The GPS 5001 Data Logger collects data at a much finer interval in the course of normal field operations, and unlike lasers, it accounts for the curvature of the earth to eliminate a major error source. With the software included with the system, a variety of elevation maps can be created giving the grower information that can be used for leveling purposes or to determine if the field needs to be releveled.
AutoFarm, a division of IntegriNautics Corp.
Menlo Park, California, USA; 650-833-5600