>>>    Although satellite steering is becoming very popular for
planting! Not sure what the resolution for that is, but its got to be in the
foot range to work well.

Farmer who rents my acreage used GPS to plant and as far as I can tell the accuracy is in the few inches range.  The rows seem to be within inches of each other in accuracy across the full width of the field.  The only manual steering he does is the initial lineup at the start of the row where he lines up a marker on his GPS unit and when he plants the cross rows at the end of the long rows. 

 
Mike in LA




On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 8:57 AM, charles Linder <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 


These days, it is good to about 8 meters resolution.


It's a lot better than that.  Its not a complete takeover,  but we do see a
lot more of tech coming into play.  It generally starts with yield mapping,
but not all combines are set up for it yet.  Still a lot of old school types
out here.  Although satellite steering is becoming very popular for
planting! Not sure what the resolution for that is, but its got to be in the
foot range to work well.

Charles


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