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WIDE-AREA AGRICULTURAL MONITORING AND PREDICTION

  • US 20120101861A1
  • Filed: 10/24/2011
  • Published: 04/26/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for agricultural monitoring and prediction, said system comprising:

  • a first reporting agent configured for reporting aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, the relative measurements having an unknown bias;

    a second reporting agent configured for reporting ground-based data representing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for a portion of the geographic area; and

    a database configured for storing said ground-based data and said aerial data along with other farming data for a wide geographic area; and

    a processor configured for accessing the database and using said ground-based data for the portion of said geographic area to calibrate said aerial data, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for said geographic area from said aerial data.

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