Integrated Systems Approach to Spatial Decision Support

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Integrated Systems Approach to Spatial Decision
Support
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Precision Farming is the use of geographic
relationships to turn bits and pieces of raw
agricultural data into information that can be
used for decision support.

• Software tools that facilitate this process need
  to offer
• Full GIS functionality
• User-Friendly Interface
• Automated Client Data Management
• An integrated system for Spatial and Statistical
  Data Analysis

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Hierarchical organization offield data in a
regional context facilitates the creation of
management information
Country
Client
Farm
Field
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Precision Farming participants need

• Tools that spatially join their assortment of
  agricultural data.
• Efficiently turn data into information.
• Maps, sampling and analysis of this data for
  informed decision making.

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Questions
1. How do we spatially join an assortment of
agricultural data? 2. How do efficiently turn
this data into information? 3. What/where are we
going to map, sample analyse during our
decision making process?
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Beyond SSToolbox as a stand-alone package

• SSToolbox contains an extensive set of GIS tools
  that provide excellent results for individual
  growers, or crop consultants and input suppliers
  with small to medium numbers of clients.
• However, SST has found the need to go beyond
  these tools when processing high volumes of data
  in a regional context for large numbers of
  growers.

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SST Information Lab Software Tools

• SSToolbox
• Information Lab Data Handler
• FieldRover
• FieldBook
• Crop Management System
• Management recordkeeping database for tracking
  and reporting various practices
• Statistica or S-Plus
• Suite of Analysis Modules

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