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Guided by satellite to the beet field A GPS based GIS for the sugar beet harvest logistic is just the beginningIt used to be that the machine drivers receive printed lists with their daily work plan, but now they are navigated to the beet fields with the help of satellites and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The pilot project was developed at the Dillingen Agricultural Co-operative and was now presented together with PROGIS professionals to the heads of the big organisation Südzucker. The new system shall already be used in the upcoming sugar beet campaign (autumn 2000). Until now the result of the harvest had to be sent back to the Agricultural Co- operative by mail. "The whole procedure was very time and work intensive", says the Manager of the Bavarian Agricultural Co-operative, Erwin Ballis. The sugar beet fields will now be registered into WinGIS just by mouse click. At the Dillingen Agricultural Co-operative 800 fields were entered in just two days, reports manager Dieter Ott. "In this way, planning can be done directly on the monitor, with direct transmittal to the harvester by mobile phone", explains Ballis. So the driver can see on the monitor which field is the next in line. The headquarter has an online overview of the settled areas. ZR-WinGIS - Short description As a result of the entire installation the user receives a complete geographical information system, the so-called ZR-WinGIS application, in which the beats are registered and allocated automatically to the ZR-Win database on an individual map. After registration of the required beats for the campaign, the rooter- and loader routes are planned on the central ZR-WinGIS system. Then the tours can be individually stored for each rooter and loader and transferred by telephone to the appropriate rooter, also shown graphically. The rooter respectively the loader machine gets its daily tour already before working start. The driver can see his current position and head for to the visualised beats. On arrival of the rooter at the to be cultivated beat, the status “start work” and afterwards “work finished” is entered via touch screen on the board computer and is transferred to the central office just by a button click. So the central office is permanently informed about the current status of work. By adding the respective beet layer, a symbol is placed automatically on this position and transmitted via GSM to the central office. This is an important information for the central controlled loading machine and with it for the removal of the beets. After finalised work the board computer produces and prints a delivery note, containing important information, that is also taken over by the machine bus, and is used as base for accounting and other evaluation purposes. More Information: Silvia Ranner, PROGIS Software AG, Postgasse 6, 9500 Villach, Austria. Tel: +43 4242 26332, Fax: +43 4242 26332-7, email: ranner@progis.com, Internet: www.progis.com Software that Shows! PROGIS Software AG, Postgasse 6, 9500 Villach, Austria Tel: +43 (4242) 26332 * Fax: +43 (4242) 263327 * Email: office@progis.com www.progis.com
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