For one of the worst solar storms of the modern technological era and the worst in 20+ years, I have been pleasantly surprised by the limited number of issues like this that have actually popped up.
If farmers have such heavy reliance on gps, why not use local positioning systems like AGPS networks?<p>Why are local base stations affected? Do they consistently need satellite gps data? If the satellites go missing for a few days, would that mean local base stations won’t work? I have worked with rtk before, but i never understood why not setup your own personal base station network.
RTK GPS is such a cool technology. Maybe it’s because my undergrad was filled with inaccurate data but turning on a unit and having 1cm accuracy still feels like magic.
I've seen several posts on TikTok from idle farmers sitting in their planters looking across huge fields at their neighbors sitting in their idle planters.<p>Fascinating to see the effects propagate across different mediums.
(unsure how I ended up on farmer TikTok - probably my interest in "big machines")
John Deere, <i>again</i>. A system that doesn't even warn when accuracy is reduced, and instead just acts as if all is OK, recording incorrect info for future use.<p>When I bought my lawn tractor(mower), I made sure not to buy John Deere.
somehow coincidentally watching a neat freevee documentary right this minute on the sun, covers solar wind, solar storms and Parker probe, etc.<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0B8Q3F29S" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0B8Q3F29S</a><p>the other space episodes are also well done
Why does a farmer need GPS to plow a field ?<p>>These automated systems have become critical to modern farming (often called “precision agriculture”), with farmers using increasingly automated tractors to plant crops in perfectly straight lines with uniform spacing. Precision agriculture has greatly increased the yield of farms<p>I guess this is why, but is the increased yield really worth all the issues I hear about these tractors ?