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Appendix in development...
antenna offset --
balancing --
biased error --
biotechnology --
computer aided design
CAD -- see computer aided deign
cartographic quality --
computer-assisted design --
data logging --
differentual global positioning system -- uses an additional correction signal at a known point to get a more accurate location reading. Beacon differential is managed by the U.S. Coast Guard and is free. There is a service charge for commercial differential systems.
edge effect --
geo-query --
geographic information sysems -- is software that lets you query, analyze and layer geographic data in map form.
GIS -- see geographic information systems
GIS data quality --
glopal positioning system -- is a constallation of satellites that make it possible for peole with ground receivers to pinpoint their geographic location.
GPS -- see global positioning system
graphical analysis --
grid cell --
grid map --
gridding resolution --
IDI -- see intellegent devices and implements
IDW -- see inverse distance-suatred weighted average
IT -- see information technology
information technology --
intelligence devices and implements--
inverse distance-squared weighted average --
inverse distance technique --
Kriging --
map-ematical --
mapped data analysis --
mass flow adjustment --
mass flow offset --
maximum absolute deviation --
measurement accuracy --
measurement noise --
mincurve --
minimum curvature --
monitors --
moving averages --
nearest-neighbor technique --
number of samples --
point sampling --
precision farming -- uses technology and information (such as computers, yield monitors, sensors, Global Positiong System, soils and other agrinomic data) to make management decisions for different field conditions.
random-start pattern --
randomized patterns --
reach --
real-time analysis --
relative yield --
remote sensing --
residual analysis --
roving window --
search radius --
sensors (on-the-go) --
single-cell design --
site-based management --
smoothing --
smoothing window --
spatial aggregation --
spatial interpolation --
spatial extrapolation --
spatial group --
spatial integral --
spatial modeling --
standard deviation map --
static averaging method --
swath element --
swath map --
synchronization of computer clocks --
systematic unaligned patterns --
t-test --
test set --
Thiessen polygons --
variable rate technology -- uses computer-driven controls to read digital maps and vary the rate of nutrients, chemicals, seed, and other farm inputs.
visualization --
VRA -- variable rate application; see variable rate technology
VRT -- see variable rate technology
weigh-wagon calibration --
yield measurement --
yield map --
yield mapping --
yield monitoring --