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SPA500 Precision Agriculture (Technology & Data Acquisition) (8)
Abstract| The subject covers the strengths and limitations of some of the latest technology used to acquire spatially registered agronomic data for crop management. These include: Global Positioning Systems (GPS), soil and plant sampling for biophysical and chemical status, soil conductivity (electromagnetic soil survey- EMSS, Veris Soil Conductivity-VSC), crop yield mapping and remote sensing. |
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Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: SPA500
Where differences exist between the handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Environmental Sciences |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
Be familiar with the latest in precision agriculture-related technologies for crop management, their strengths and their limitations;
Understand key issues governing spatial and parametric accuracy of measurements acquired by each of the technologies;
Understand issues of data management for spatially-registered agronomic data. |
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
Global Positioning Systems (GPS): Differential GPS (DGPS), Real-time Kinematic GPS (RTKGPS), accuracy, reliability;
Data logging;
Measuring & mapping soil characteristics: EM survey, Veris Survey, pit sampling, soil coring;
Measuring & mapping plant characteristics: Plant sampling (N,P,K);
Measuring & mapping productivity: Yield, Quality parameters;
Remote Sensing: Optical, radar & microwave systems for quantitative & qualitative imaging of crop canopy & soil zones. |
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Residential School| This subject contains a compulsory 4 day residential school.
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The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 06 September 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
