Starfire - The DGPS Network from John Deere and its Use on Agricultural Machinery

摘要

The Use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) is essential for the introduction of new technologies in agriculture like precision farming and navigation systems. This paper gives an overview how GPS is working and describes the John Deere Starfire system. Due to the importance of GPS John Deere has developed its own receiver called Starfire with a DGPS reference network, which provides high accurate correction signals. This system provides static accuracy of around 30 cm and pass-to-pass accuracy of 10 cm. This system can be used for a lot of different applications like John Deere precision farming and guidance systems.