merging shp. for GS2
by techag on Mon, Jan 25 2010 1:20 PM
I have been doing some goofing around with a GS2 builing VR maps.
I have been very impressed with the GS2 ability to handle high polygon count maps.
So with that said. Here's what I do with some good success.
So I build Vr prescriptions for lets say 6 fields. Export them out as shps in ADV.
Always using the same exact grid spacing say 20 meters.
(the reason i do this is so I can set up controller for a farmer and he can just roll and
I get less ok I am switching fields what do I do- Or which is the precription for teds quarter)
THe farmer still has the ability to switch field names, just doesn't have to switch prescriptions.
Works good as long as GS2 is not tasking.
Them merge them in ADV.
Then take the one result shp and run it through the rx converter.
Now that we kind of know what I am doing here is my question.
I built a big one say 1450 acres on one prescription at 20 meters. Worked great.
Farmer loved it. I was doing my hero dance. ALl of the fields were within 3 miles of all other fields.
The next one I did was slightly smaller say 1250 acres at 20 meter however this time one field
was about 6-8 miles away from the other. Less polygon count than the first one.
This time when he went to load the prescription on the GS2 page precsription page I would
select the rx and while it was trying to load it. The thing would restart. I must have done it 5 times.
which made me wonder if it wasn't polygon count that limits this thing but sheer area of prescription.
What do you folks think?
I would like to send killer rx to someone else with a gs2 to see if it kills there's also.
In the end I took off the far away field and the rest worked just fine.
Mike