GPS and DGPS as a Challenge for Environment Friendly Agriculture
Hermann Auernhammer, Thomas Muhr, Markus Richard Demmel · mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich) · 1994
For future-oriented farming, positional information is of extraordinary importance.Out of a multitude of positioning systems, GPS/DGPS is the most suitable one.This system does not require any additional infrastructure and at the sametime guarantees complete coverage of all tilled surfaces.The major application of positioning with GPS/DGPS is to be seen in the area of local information and documentation.By generating both planning and process data, it facilitates operation and control of work processes (organical and minerat fertilization, plant protection).ln the end, positioning Ieads to navigation, which in the case of single vehicles and vehicle pools will in turn provide completely new possibilities for development and application.For the first time, vehicles without drivers are conceivable.Thus, the completion of any kind of work on schedule, without time limitations, would become possible, with the slightest imaginable stress for soil and environment.