Method for making a land management decision based on processed elevational data
First Claim
1. A method for making a land management decision, the method comprising:
- surveying a field with a location-determining receiver to determine position data and corresponding elevation data;
determining an average elevation data for a defined zone within the field around a particular cell;
classifying each cell into classifications comprising a depression cell and a summit cell based on the determined elevation difference between the particular cell and the average elevation data; and
generating a prescription for the cells in the field based on at least one of the classification or the determined elevation difference, the prescription comprising information on applying different levels of an agricultural input to particular cells based on at least one of the classifications of particular ones of the cells or the determined elevation differences for particular ones of the cells.
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Abstract
A method for making a land management decision comprises surveying a field with a location-determining receiver to determine position data and corresponding elevation data. A data processor or elevation module determines an average elevation data for a zone within the field around a particular cell. The data processor or classifier classifies each cell into classifications comprising a depression cell and a summit cell based on the determined elevation difference between the particular cell and the average elevation. The data processor and the prescription module generate a prescription for the cells in the field based on at least one of the classification and the determined elevation difference.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for making a land management decision, the method comprising:
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surveying a field with a location-determining receiver to determine position data and corresponding elevation data; determining an average elevation data for a defined zone within the field around a particular cell; classifying each cell into classifications comprising a depression cell and a summit cell based on the determined elevation difference between the particular cell and the average elevation data; and generating a prescription for the cells in the field based on at least one of the classification or the determined elevation difference, the prescription comprising information on applying different levels of an agricultural input to particular cells based on at least one of the classifications of particular ones of the cells or the determined elevation differences for particular ones of the cells. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for making a land management decision, the method comprising:
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surveying a field with a location-determining receiver to determine position data and corresponding elevation data; averaging adjacent cells around each local cell to determine a regional mean elevation data for each cell; determining an elevation difference between the location elevation data and the regional mean elevation data for each cell; classifying each cell into classifications comprising at least a depression cell and a summit cell based on the determined elevation difference; and applying different levels of crop inputs to cells in the field based on the different classifications. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for making a land management decision, the method comprising:
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surveying a field with a location-determining receiver to determine position data and corresponding elevation data; determining an average elevation data for a defined zone within the field around a particular cell; classifying each cell as a depression cell, an intermediate cell and a summit cell based on the determined elevation difference between the particular cell and the average elevation; and generating a prescription for the cells in the field based on at least one of the classification or the determined elevation difference, the prescription comprising information on changing an elevation of one or more cells to achieve a target elevation. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for making a land management decision, the method comprising:
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surveying a field with a location-determining receiver to determine position data, corresponding elevation data and corresponding reference data; determining an average elevation data for a defined zone within the field around a particular cell; classifying each cell into classifications comprising a depression cell and a summit cell based on the determined elevation difference between the particular cell and the average elevation data; determining a correlation value between the elevation data and the yield data for respective position data; generating a prescription for the cells in the field based on at least one of the classification or the determined elevation difference if the reference data varies by at least a minimum threshold amount between classifications, a scope of the prescription limited to preferential cells where the reference data varies by at least the minimum threshold amount. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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