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Applications for GPS in Australia (6)

This Page	Fairport Technologies systems used by major agriculturalists.	Farming with GPS- using computers to manage herds, planting, fertilizer application, paddock rotation and areas, and irrigation.
Page 5	Birdwatching/atlassing, Differences in position format.	Defining and locating bird habitats and populations, correct methods of reporting position,
Page 1	Volunteer Marine Rescue, Check vehicle location via mobile phone, Where is the nearest fuel stop?	Typical navigation, Innovation using latest communications, and manage petrol station locations.
Page 3	Charles Sturt University Landcare Garmin eTrex on trek Kodak DC5000 on trek	Databasing herbacious species to understand and contribute to land care. Accuracy 5-15 metres. Using the Garmin eTrex, and the Kodak weatherproof camera, on the Bike National Trail
Page 4	eTrex Radio transmission of GPS position , Using DGPS in geology work	Using an eTrex in a geology application. Accuracy 5-15 metres. With DGPS, 2-3 m Radio transmission of GPS position- APRS (Automatic Position Reportng System)

Agriculture and Technology - this page

Area measurement for rural and aquatic industry

Farm mapping for irrigation and paddock management

Measurea any area by traversing the perimeter.

GPS Civilian accuracy is15 metres or less (without accounting for selective availability, which was cancelled by the US Government on 1May 2000).

Find latitude and longitude of any town in Australia

The following information is provided as an example of GPS and mapping uses in agriculture. Please direct all enquiries to Fairport.

Fairport Technologies is an Australian company designing computer management systems for farming.
Here is a brief synopsis of the GPS inputs which can enhance farm management and mapping.
Contact for Fairport Technologies

PAM is the farm management system developed by Fairport. It can work on both a PC and on a Palm computer. Modules include:

With the PAM mapping system, farm records can be better understood.

CROPPING & RELATED ACTIVITIES
DAILY DIARY
LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES
RAINFALL

Over 200 reports and graphs can be generated from the data
Machinery costing calculator & ready reckoner
...all stored in an industry standard Microsoft Access database

Information is easily transposed into your property map with the mapping module. You can:
* Create unlimited user defined overlays, future fences, water pipes, orchard/trelis layouts, fencing, roads, soil type areas, contours, powerlines, buildings, etc)
* Measure lengths/areas
* Create farm planning maps
* Print scaled maps of any area of your farm
* Create map reports of your PAM data.

In the Farmstar module, GPS data contributes position information:

* Collect harvesting information and map the results of yield, moisture, soil fertility and more
* Create Variable Rate application Maps for most of the VRT systems on the market.
* Combine data sets to display averaged data over several years
* Interface with GPS hand held logging devices and software which enables you to log areas such as salt or weeds on the ground and transfer the information to your computer
* Display statistical analysis of data for whole paddocks or smaller, digitised areas within paddocks
* Combine spatially variable data from two or more paddocks over two or more years.

For very basic farm mapping, using scanned plans or topographic maps, an alternative is Oziexplorer.

Simple farm mapping, using Oziexplorer.

Latitude, Longitude, AMG etc etc etc:
I get many requests to explain the different numbers used by different GPS at the same location. This is a valid and sensible question, and there are easily understood answers. You may also wonder about terms such as UTM, GDA, MGA, datum, position format, grid, and true north. My customers get free assistance with these, and any other matter relating to their purchase, and the use of the GPS.

What is GPS? (Explaining the system of satellites and how it works)
The theory of positioning (How Sir Isaac Newton and others made GPS possible)

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