Soil sampling, leaf sampling, application and spreading maps that save shapefiles and a KML ready to import into Agrian, right alongside the PDF your crew taps for directions. No more redrawing fields and sample points in Agrian by hand.
Agrian is the record keeping and compliance system much of California agriculture runs on: field boundaries, sampling, recommendations and application records. The trouble is getting the map into it. Most sampling and work orders still go out as a PDF, and then someone redraws every field and section in Agrian.
Our apps skip that step. The fields you draw for the crew are the same fields your coordinator imports into Agrian, saved as standard shapefiles in WGS84 latitude and longitude, plus one KML that also opens in Google Earth.
Soil sampling maps with Agrian import files
Agrian ready
Draw each field on a satellite map, split it into labeled sections, pick the tests (soil, water, paste saturation) and the sample density. One save makes the PDF sampling map plus field boundaries, section zones and a draft sample point grid, ready to import into Agrian.
Files saved for Agrian:
Spray and fertilizer work orders with Agrian files
Agrian ready
Draw the fields, mark any field or section Do Not Treat, and list the products and rates. Product totals are figured from the treated acres. Mark homes, schools, waterways and bee yards with buffer rings and flag restricted materials.
Files saved for Agrian:
Leaf and tissue sampling maps, bag labels and Agrian files
Agrian ready
One composite sample per block. The map marks the trees to pull from in a numbered zig-zag walk across each field or section, away from border rows, and prints a page of Avery 5163 bag labels with sample IDs and QR codes.
Files saved for Agrian:
From the salesman's delivery map to the spreader to Agrian
Agrian ready
The salesman sends the grower the delivery map PDF. The grower opens it here and the customer, P.O., product, tons and drop pins come in as stockpiles. Set tons per acre by field or section and the map figures tons and loads per field and tells you if the delivery is short.
Files saved for Agrian:
The fertilizer or amendment salesman makes the delivery map in the Delivery Map Maker and texts or emails the PDF to the grower, the same PDF the truck driver uses.
The grower opens that PDF in the Spreading Map Maker. The customer, P.O., product, tons and drop pins come right in. Set tons per acre on each field and send the spreader a map with tons and loads.
The same save makes Agrian files with the field boundaries and the material applied: product, tons per acre, tons and date for every field and section. Import them instead of typing it in.
Each app saves its field work as standard shapefiles (in .zip files) and a KML file in WGS84 latitude and longitude, the format Agrian imports. Your coordinator imports the files instead of redrawing fields and sample points by hand.
Four apps save Agrian import files: the Soil Sampling Map Maker, the Application Map Maker, the Leaf Sampling Map Maker and the Spreading Map Maker.
The salesman sends the grower the delivery map PDF from the Delivery Map Maker. The grower opens it in the Spreading Map Maker, sets tons per acre on each field and saves. That one save makes the map for the spreader and Agrian files that log the material applied: product, tons per acre, tons and date for every field.
No. The apps run in a web browser on a phone, tablet or computer. They are hosted at bmellodigital.com and licensed by the year, so every fix reaches your whole crew at once.
Yes. Request a temporary password and it opens every app for a week. Draw your own fields, save the files and import them into Agrian to see how they come in.
Yes. The KML file opens in Google Earth, and the shapefiles open in most farm mapping and GIS programs.
Draw your own fields, save the files and import them into Agrian.
Agrian is a trademark of its owner. B Mello Digital is not affiliated with or endorsed by Agrian. Our apps save standard shapefile and KML files that Agrian imports.