[LINK] Ffx: 'Farmers ‘crippled’ ... as GPS-guided tractors grind to a halt'

[Roger Clarke]

> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 3:33 PM Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:
>> [ Total reliance, with no fallback of any kind?

On 19/4/23 4:11 pm, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir wrote:
> The satellite corrections feed is meant to be the fallback
> https://positioningservices.trimble.com/en/rtx for cellular and direct
> radio transmissions on 450Mhz/900Mhz networks all around the country
> https://oconnorscaseih.com.au/precision-farming/rtk/
> https://ramseybros.com.au/technology/ramnet-rtk
> 
> There's also a way to send the corrections from Geoscience Australia
> back via the GPS satellites
> https://www.gpsworld.com/australia-new-zealand-commit-to-develop-sbas-by-2023/
> "The system will improve the accuracy of GPS and other positioning
> services from the current five to 10 meters to as little as 10
> centimeters across Australia and New Zealand without the need for

The only clue in the article on the region was 'Riverina', and I was 
visualising the big wheat-forms to the north of that.

But if someone can set up N and NW Vic, and the SA belt, presumably much 
the same economics applies in NSW?


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