Guide Mate

The Guidance, or Guide Mate, module of Site Mate adds an on-screen light-bar to Farm Site Mate Basic. Guide Mate is the first product to provide an affordable guidance solution that works on industry standard Pocket PCs. Guide Mate provides an easy-to-follow, on-screen light-bar and steering needle. Guide Mate is fully integrated with Site Mate Basic so users can quickly flip between the light-bar display of Guide Mate and a coverage map generated with Site Mate.
Product Features include:
- Easy to follow "driver friendly" guidance screen with a lightbar and intuitive steering needle.
- Headland guidance indications and numerous driving patterns.
- Driving patterns include Straight A-B, Contour, Pivot, and more.
- Runs on Pocket PCs such as the Compaq iPAQ.
- Works with any GPS receiver that outputs NMEA 0183 (note that 5 hz output is recommended for best results).
- No external light-bar required.
- Can be used in conjunction with Raven light-bars with options to control the lightbar.
- Log an unlimited number of attributes along with coverage data.
- All data is logged in Site Mate in industry standard ArcView Shape Files.
- Upgrade Site Mate Basic to Site Mate Scouting or Site Mate VRA to log application rates from a wide range of controllers.
- Site Mate VRA also provides the ability to load a prescription map and to vary product application.
Screenshots
To see a demonsration of how the guide mate works please click on Simulator below.