LBSZone - Location and Privacy

Location Technology, Privacy, & Security

  • NEWS
    • Business
    • mobile mapping
    • fleet management
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Developer
    • infographics
  • Features
    • AroundtheWeb
  • Telematics
  • Drones
  • Events
  • Blog
  • CAREERS
  • About Us
    • Partners Sites
      • GISuser
      • GeoJobsBIZ
      • LiDAR news
      • Amerisurv
    • Advertise
    • LBSzone Online Media Kit
    • Event Media Partner
    • RSS
  • SHOP
You are here: Home / Press / mobile mapping / goCrop web and mobile app helps farmers map crops and monitor irrigation systems

goCrop web and mobile app helps farmers map crops and monitor irrigation systems

October 27, 2013 By LBSzone

WESTFORD, Vt. (AP) — A new cyber tool that helps map crops and monitor irrigation systems came to life after a University of Vermont researcher realized farmers just weren’t very good at keeping records.

“They would guess a lot,” said Heather Darby, an agronomist from the University of Vermont Extension. “Or they’d write it down on little scrap pieces of paper or cigarette packs, like anything they had laying around they’d write it on, and then they’d show up for class, and we’d try to decipher all these little notes.”

Noticing that farmers had grown accustomed to carrying cellphones, whether in the field, on tractors or in the barn, she developed the goCrop Web and mobile app. The project was awarded about $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture this spring to expand the app for use around the Northeast and California, where soil conditions are different, and add functions for mapping, grazing and pest management.

read more via wptv.com






Related articles:

  • Bloggers can now Include Amazing Maps in Blog Posts with Free WordPress plug-inBloggers can now Include Amazing Maps in Blog Posts with Free WordPress plug-in
  • exactEarth ShipView Gives You Instant Access to Dynamic Shipping InformationexactEarth ShipView Gives You Instant Access to Dynamic Shipping Information
  • New from Google – Maps Coordinate + Maps Engine ProNew from Google – Maps Coordinate + Maps Engine Pro
  • Google Maps offers first satnav directions for driving in North KoreaGoogle Maps offers first satnav directions for driving in North Korea
  • Pinterest tackles mapping with new Place Pins product  Pinterest tackles mapping with new Place Pins product
  • Why Apple included Maps in MavericksWhy Apple included Maps in Mavericks

Filed Under: mobile mapping

Recent Posts

Spotselfie™ Announces Disruptive Technology in Social Metaverse Advertising & Digital Real Estate Ownership

Compound Eye Unveils VIDAS™ Development Kit

What to Consider When Upgrading Your Laptop

What to Look for in a Laptop CPU

What can VPN serve for?


shop for geogeek swag

twitter

Location Tech News

Spotselfie™ Announces Disruptive Technology in Social Metaverse Advertising & Digital Real Estate Ownership

Compound Eye Unveils VIDAS™ Development Kit

What to Look for in a Laptop CPU

5 things you never knew about Clover Dating App

All to know about OPPO Find X5 Pro

Toshiba to proceed with restructuring despite Tsunakawa’s exit

Why the rave over Canon’s EOS R3?

More Posts from this Category

Copyright Spatial Media LLC 2003 - 2015