Much of the success in using precision farming practices hinges on gathering crop and pest information and then reacting to it with lightning speed. Making decisions too slowly or too late often undermines any chance of success. For farmers, crop consultants and others involved with precision farming, it's this lag time - essentially the speed you can send or receive information from aerial im- ages, field application or yield maps - that's been a challenge. The obstacle arises from cases where aerial and other field map images used in precision agriculture require huge data files. Trying to manage and transfer these big files between farmers and crop consultants becomes cumbersome and inefficient.
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