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Precise Navigation, Guidance and Control Services within the Agricultural Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

R. J. Palmer
R. J. Palmer
Affiliation:
(University of Regina, Saskatchewan)
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Abstract

This paper was presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the US Institute of Navigation in Annapolis, June 1988.

Navigational systems are usually thought of in terms of locating vehicles and craft over a range of hundreds or thousands of miles. There are, however, applications where navigation systems with a range of a few miles and an accuracy of inches can be very useful. Farming is one of these applications and this paper identifies the specific operational aspects that can benefit. Precise navigation could facilitate a lowering of input costs by an estimated jo per cent on a western dryland farm.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 1 - 10
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1989

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