Any experience/recommendations for GPS systems?

Donald Trump

Has anyone any experience or recommendations for GPS systems. Would you try to get one with an inbuilt screen or one where you can buy a basic android tablet and use it with it? Subscription or non-subscription based?

Would it be possible to "build" one from component parts? As in plug-and-play off the shelf kind of job. I don't mean sitting down with buckets of electrical components and a soldering iron

To be used mainly for spreading fertiliser.

Worth it or not?

Downtown123

Gypsy Technology in Cork seem well priced with a basic and more elaborate model. €800 for basic and €1000 for higher spec. Afaik it’s the most accurate system on the market but would suffice perfectly for fertiliser. I have no direct experience with them but anyone that has it seems happy

https://www.gypsy.ie/

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118772310#Comment_118772310

I'd say you'd pick up a few second hand "gypsy technology" ones at the markets as well.

Dunedin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118775815#Comment_118775815

Wouldn’t be a great sign if people selling them on?????

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118777316#Comment_118777316

Well the lads selling on the "gypsy techynology" at markets usually "borrow" them from the owners and sell them without asking 😉

timple23

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH3YqA0v_GV2e3VGwPvUvMA

This is an interesting channel where he built his own.

I reckon if you have a smartphone, there are a few apps that might be worth looking at, there is one in the IOS store, like in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaauhGbkDws

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118780251#Comment_118780251

I've done some searching and found some apps which are relatively cheap to purchase. You can connect them to consumer GPS receiver which give better precision than a phone GPS.

I reckon that I could get it up and running for under 300 quid. That is buying the GPS receiver, the app, and a new android tablet.

timple23

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118780386#Comment_118780386

Interesting, any link to the gps receiver and the names of the apps? Would be interested in setting one up myself.

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118780491#Comment_118780491

Don't have them yet but Garmin GLO 2 is one I saw. There seem to be a few apps that have free versions on google store. The most popular one appears to be one called field navigator. Again, I can't vouch for it

timple23

Do you need a base station for these?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118780560#Comment_118780560

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118785261#Comment_118785261

No. I think there are two technologies. If you want to go with the RTK ones you might need a base station. Those can get you down to 1cm of accuracy it seems. The GPS one says 3m accuracy but the apps say that using that GPS gets to 1 foot accuracy. Don't ask me how they can claim that

Dunedin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118777448#Comment_118777448

Oh right, them kinda sellers. Best avoided……..

funkey_monkey

Does anyone here use Field Navigator much? Simple question. Got some spraying to do and selected all the fields to spray - hoping it would tell me the total acres etc. But I couldn't find this. Does the app do this?

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119067607#Comment_119067607

If you drive around it it probably does. I never tried that

You can add the fields into it manually as well I think. I can't remember exactly how to do it but I did it that way when I looked at it.

funkey_monkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119067632#Comment_119067632

I added the fields manually whilst lying watching telly the other night.

if you go into Saved Fields, press and hold on a field a menu will appear which gives you the option to Select, Share, Edit or Delete. So if you click on Select it brings up all the fields with checkboxes beside them. So start selecting some fields. It tells you how many fields are selected, but doesn't seem to give you any information on the totals of those selected fields.

I can add them up manually and I know roughly what they are, but fnck that. App should be easily able to tell me that info.

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119067935#Comment_119067935

Ah, I misunderstood. No, I'm not sure about that. I thought you just meant the area in each field!

Best place to look for field areas (if you haven't filled in ditches) is to google for arcgis historical map viewer and look at the old 25 inch map

Cran

Patchwork one here Eco model I think, some job and not overly expensive from Fossland. wouldn’t dream of spreading or spraying without one after using it for few years. (Might be for sale now actually due to change in systems)