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Chapter 6 Precision agriculture

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:   (doi:10.13031/2013.41468) in Precision agriculture Chapter 6 Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machines, 2nd ed., pp. 123-138 St. Joseph, Michigan: ASABE. . Copyright 2006 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Mich.
Authors:   Ajit K. Srivastava, Carroll E. Goering, Roger P. Rohrbach, Dennis R. Buckmaster
Keywords:   Section headings: Precision agriculture, Sensors, Sensor types, Sensor applications, Advanced sensors, Global positioning system, GPS for civilian use, Military GPS, Differential GPS, Carrier-phase GPS, Real-time kinematic GPS, Accuracy measures, Coordinate transformation, Geographic information system, Data input to a FIS, Map coordination, Data analysis in the FIS, Data persistence, Variable rate applications, Approaches, Applications, Application resolution, Control systems, Automatic guidance, Controller area networks, Problems

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