GeoWebAgri

The overall aim of the GeoWebAgri-project is to analyse and develop an ICT infrastructure for handling geospatial data and knowledge both in agricultural machines and farm management information systems (FMIS) and promote the introduction of this technology in European software and automation products for agriculture. The technology is studied particularly in the context of spatial data infrastructures (SDI) for the planning and operation of precision agriculture in arable farming. This overall objective can be divided into four specific objectives. The first objective is to specify an ICT infrastructure for handling geospatial data both in agricultural machines and FMIS as a continued development of current systems. This specification will be the baseline for subsequent work. The second objective is to confirm the viability of the challenging parts of the specified ICT infrastructure with proof of concept implementations. The third objective is to evaluate the impact of the possible application of the specified ICT infrastructure on farming objectives. A special focus in the evaluation is on reduced environmental effects through the use of precision agriculture in arable farming. The fourth objective is, based on the results of the project, to enhance the knowledge of European software vendors about the applicability and possible benefits of ICT for geospatial applications in agriculture.