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Precision Planting Announces GPS Mapping Support Tools
for the 20/20 SeedSense® Planter Monitor Data
Tremont,
IL - April 28, 2008 - Precision Planting
announced today the availability of GPS Mapping Support Tools for the
new 20/20 SeedSense System. Working with MapShots, Inc. the release of
a new Windows driver and a free GPS Mapping Viewer, makes utilizing
mapping information in a detailed, practical format easily available
for operations.
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Precision
Planting is releasing the software driver to allow any industry
standard (FODM) compliant GPS mapping software to import and view data
gathered by the 20/20 SeedSense planter monitor. FODM compliant
software can also export configuration data directly to the 20/20
SeedSense display unit. Data on the 20/20 SeedSense available for GPS
mapping includes:
- Population
- Singulation
- Skips and Doubles
- Seed
Spacing
- Down
Force
- Down
Force Margin - Excess Down Force
- Ground
Contact - Loss of Planting Depth Indicator
- Smooth
Ride - Amount of Row Unit Bounce
- Planting
Speed
- Hex
Shaft Error
- Loss
per Acre - Due to Planting Defects
- Vacuum
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In addition, a
free GPS Mapping Viewer developed by MapShots, Inc. is also available.
The viewer allows growers without an existing or FODM compliant farm
management tool to import and view their 20/20 SeedSense data. At this
time, MapShots EASi Suite and Farmworks support the 20/20 SeedSense
FODM driver. AgLeader SMS will support the driver in a future release.
For growers
wanting to view 20/20 SeedSense data in a non-FODM compliant farm
management application, the free GPS mapping viewer allows growers to
export their 20/20 SeedSense data to a Shapefile. A Shapefile (.shp) is
a digital format used to store primitive geometrical data. These files
will allow you to utilize the mapped data in other farm management
software.
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About Precision Planting
Precision Planting, developer of the 20/20 SeedSense, is an industry
leader in solutions for seed spacing and placement issues. A
farm-family owned company in central Illinois, it focuses on developing
innovative products that improve the seeding and planting process. The
company is also well known for its unique and innovative approach to
addressing the current agronomic issues facing growers.
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About MapShots
Based in Cumming, Georgia, MapShots provides the agricultural industry
with the EASi Suite brand of crop management software. EASi Suite is
used across the nation by progressive growers who want to maximize
their use of agronomic management information and by crop consultants
and crop input retailers to provide crop planning and nutrient
management planning services to their farm clients.
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