Display for GPS Precision-Agriculture Guidance System

Roy Bardole used this touch-screen computer and an antenna (not shown) to receive enhanced GPS signals for working corn and soybean acreage in Iowa. With the equipment, he could set a work area perimeter, instruct tractors and implements to steer automatically on either a straight or contoured path, and log data about the work accomplished. 

Caption:
Roy Bardole used this touch-screen computer and an antenna (not shown) to receive enhanced GPS signals for working corn and soybean acreage in Iowa.
Type: Artifact
Image Date: 2012
Credit: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Origin: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Creator: Jaclyn Nash
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Roy Bardole used this touch-screen computer and an antenna (not shown) to receive enhanced GPS signals for working corn and soybean acreage in Iowa.

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Roy Bardole used this touch-screen computer and an antenna (not shown) to receive enhanced GPS signals for working corn and soybean acreage in Iowa.