OpenATK

Version: 1.0

Date: 22-July-2013

Requirements: Android 3.0 and above

Developer: OpenATK

Tillage App

Description


The OpenATK Tillage App provides a simple means of recording data pertaining to tillage operations and displaying operation status to the users. The data collected can be used for easy recording of tillage operations for both short- and long-term planning.

This app keeps a record of tillage operations for a list of fields with statuses of “Planned”, “Started”, or “Done”. Also, each record contains the date of last status change, the name of the operator, and comments. Each field also has an optional associated boundary polygon which is shaded according to the operation status.

Screenshots

Tutorials

Data Collected

  • Employee Name
  • Field Boundaries/Name
  • Type of Tillage
  • Operation Status
  • Photo
  • Comments

Trello Board

Each app has its own Trello Board.

Shared Information

  • Location of Rocks

Developers

You can join the mailing list, fork us on GitHub, and you can always email us for more information.

Each app has its own development resources: functional specs, UI mockups, documentation, and code.

Functional Specifications

Our development process starts with functional specifications. If you don't know what those are, here's Joel Spolsky to explain it.

User Interface Mockups

We use the web-based software, mybalsamiq , to develop the UI mockups for the Map and List UIs.

GitHub

Source code for the OpenATK Tillage App is available on GitHub. Don't forget the Common Libraries.

Ideas for the Tillage App

Send a message to the mailing list to get some feedback and convince the community to get it on the roadmap.

Progress

July 22, 2013

We're going live at ASABE AIM 2013!

The Future of the Tillage App

More platforms: we're only on Android now. iOS will come as soon as we get some people to work on it.

More cloud storage libraries: we've only got Trello support now. Dropbox's new Datastore API has caught our eye and moved them up the list ahead of Google Drive.

More support and community: to give this project long-term stamina, we're actively seeking partners and community developers who would like to contribute.

More stored information:

  • Start Time
  • Stop Time
  • Area Covered
  • Fuel Consumption

More shared information:

  • Field Names and Boundaries
  • Tractor ID
  • Implement ID
  • Location of Hazards
  • Location of Tile Risers
  • Location of Irrigation

Support

We are actively seeking contributors for this project and ISOBlue, so if you like either the concept or any of our apps, please contact us for more information.

A special thanks for all our support this far: