John Deere AMS equipped with ascos

19 March 2009, 8:18am

With the help of ascos services, John Deere farming machines can be con-trolled with precision right down to the centimetre. Correction data can be transferred via GSM connection. [Photo provided by John Deere AMS Europe]

Hannover/Zweibrücken – By releasing ascos Agriculture Precise Posi-tioning Service (APPS), AXIO-NET launches a new correction data service that is specifically tailored to the needs of the agricultural in-dustry. The service provides users of the John Deere StarFire system with precision guidance that is accurate to the centimetre for their tractors and machineries via mobile radio. John Deere is the first manufacturer in Germany to offer a solution for precision farming ir-respective of location or radio connectivity. This service is an add-on for the already established Base Station RTK systems.

Beside the growing need for accuracy in precision farming, which ranges down to the centimetre in cultivating so-called specialised crops, the re-producibility of positioning data plays an increasingly important role. The consistent correction data required for this can be received by StarFire users on their machines by using ascos APPS at practically any location throughout Germany.

AXIO-NET operates a network of reference stations across Germany for generating ascos correction data. Remote access to this network and the transfer of data occurs via GSM connection and is decoded with a rugge-dized modem that has been configured for the ascos APPS service. Since the reliability and availability of correction data is essential when using the system for agricultural purposes, the modem was specially designed to provide protection against vibrations, dust and moisture. This version will be available only to John Deere tractor driving cabs.

The quality of ascos services has been certified by TÜV SÜD and the op-erator AXIO-NET is also ISO certified. The service was integrated by Zweibrücken-based John Deere AMS Europe, a leading specialist in agri-cultural management solutions.

About John Deere

John Deere is world leading in agricultural technology and Germany’s larg-est supplier of agricultural machinery. Providing the StarFire system, John Deere offers comprehensive solutions for machine guidance with accuracy ranges from metres to centimetres (StarFire RTK with reference station). John Deere AMS Group (Ag Management Solutions) pools precision agri-culture activities also including general management for developing the StarFire system based on ascos APPS.
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About AXIO-NET

AXIO-NET GmbH, Hanover, is a joint venture of Astrium Services GmbH (a subsidiary of EADS) and Allsat GmbH network+services. AXIO-NET operates ascos satellite positioning services offering correction data for GPS and GLONASS positioning and navigation, value-added services and coordinate services.

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