Centimetre-precision guidance of moving implements in the open field: A simulation based on GPS measurements

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-197

  Dijksterhuis, H L ^a   Van Willigenburg, L G ^a   Van Zuydam, R P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural implements; GPS; Guidance; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SENSORS; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS (DGPS); REAL TIME KINEMATICS (RTK); SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GPS; METHODOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032143710     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(98)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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