GPS Field Sizes
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Topic: GPS Field Sizes
Posted By: Ryan Renko
Subject: GPS Field Sizes
Date Posted: 02 May 2024 at 6:35pm
| We have a 80 acre farm that has been in our family for 106 years. There are three tillable fields and the rest is pasture and trees. Two of the three fields are very irregular and would be hard to accurately measure using old school means. Is there a simple GPS device and program that a person could mark the perimeters of a field and get a accurate acreage estimate?? Thanks in advance by this technology illiterate person!!! |
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Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 02 May 2024 at 7:42pm
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Would measuring in an online aerial/satellite mapping tool like your local county's GIS, or the USDA's Web Soil Survey ( https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/app/" rel="nofollow - https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/app/ ) get you what you need? ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 02 May 2024 at 7:47pm
there are APPS on Goggle and APPLE... but some discussion on how easy they are to use ( or hard) and if they are collecting your personal data ... ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 02 May 2024 at 7:55pm
| How close do you want. I use either GIS or acre calculator on Google map. Just draw a line on field perimeter and done |
Posted By: im4racin
Date Posted: 02 May 2024 at 9:32pm
| My garmin gps has an app for that. I used it a couple times |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 03 May 2024 at 7:25am
| Acme.com/planimeter is simple, accurate and not associated with google. I’ve used it for planning purposes for years. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 03 May 2024 at 8:55am
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i like tbones link... site seems to work very well.. http://acme.com/planimeter/" rel="nofollow - http://acme.com/planimeter/ ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: only AC orange
Date Posted: 04 May 2024 at 7:45am
| Your local Farm Service Agency office has the capability to measure that from an aerial map. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 04 May 2024 at 12:31pm
They usually do a pretty rough job of it in my experience. |
only AC orange wrote:Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 07 May 2024 at 2:52pm
If you don't already have it --- Windows only so far as I know --- download and install FREE Google Earth Pro --- NOT the Google Earth that comes up when looking for an address --- Google Earth Pro actually installs on your system. Find your farm and zoom WAY IN; you can actually see the rocks and tree roots. Using the many tools included,draw yourself a big square-cornered rectangle that touches four boundary lines. Now draw smaller rectangles and RIGHT triangles to fill in all the territory. Google Earth Pro has a very accurate measuring tool; I have used it to measure barns that I already knew the exact measurements and it will always be within inches = plenty accurate for your needs. Once you have all your rectangles and triangles, it is simple math to come up with total area in whatever increments suits your fancy. Remember, flip a triangle over on it's long side to make it a rectangle, figure that rectangle's square footage and divide by two to yield the area of the triangle. ALWAYS RIGHT TRIANGLES else this won't work. Simple grade school math.
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