GIS-Based Land Base Management with Real-Time GPS Mapping

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current land management practices face inaccuracies in data regarding land boundaries, road utilization zones, and forest area composition, leading to inefficiencies and environmental impacts due to delayed and costly corrections, especially in forest management, which affects operator situational awareness, equipment efficiency, and asset valuation.

Innovation Solution

A system utilizing a computer with a GIS application connected to self-propelled machines, equipped with sensors and geopositioning devices, providing real-time visual referencing and data logging of operations, enabling accurate mapping and documentation of land management activities, and facilitating real-time data transfer for improved operational efficiency and logistics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If historical land management data correction methods (remote sensing, hand mapping) are used, then data accuracy is improved, but time delay and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveland data accuracyVSAvoiddata correction time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary mapping and boundary definition before actual land management operations. GPS receivers and mapping devices are used to pre-establish accurate land base data, so that when operations commence, the data is already accurate and no post-operation correction is needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual hand mapping and traditional surveying methods with automated GPS-based electronic mapping systems. This substitution of mechanical/manual processes with electronic automation dramatically reduces both time and labor while maintaining or improving accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Measurement precision

If remote sensing is used to correct land data accuracy, then measurement precision is improved, but adverse weather conditions cause delays

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveland data accuracyVSAvoiddata collection reliability

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Each piece of land management equipment carries its own GPS receiver and mapping device, making the system self-sufficient for data collection. This eliminates dependence on external remote sensing operations that are weather-dependent, allowing data collection to continue regardless of weather conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If operators rely on traditional maps and verbal directions, then equipment complexity is reduced, but operator situational awareness and productivity decrease

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveequipment productivityVSAvoidequipment complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The GPS receiver and mapping device serve multiple functions: providing location data, displaying boundaries, showing equipment position, giving directional guidance, and recording operations. This multi-functionality justifies the added complexity by delivering comprehensive benefits that improve productivity across multiple operational aspects.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Object-affected harmful factors

If accurate real-time land data is implemented, then environmental protection is improved, but data collection and processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveenvironmental impactVSAvoiddata management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously provides feedback to operators about their location relative to boundaries and sensitive areas through the mapping device display. This real-time feedback enables operators to immediately adjust operations to avoid environmental harm, making the additional data management complexity worthwhile by preventing environmental damage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This solution enhances operator safety, increases equipment productivity, optimizes land management operations, reduces costs, and minimizes environmental impacts by providing accurate, real-time data for better decision-making and resource allocation.

Implementation Method 1

a geoposition determining device in operative communication with the computer for determining a geographic location of the self-propelled machine

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectGPS satellite positioning:

Implementation Method 2

There is at least one machine sensor operatively connected to the self-propelled machine and in operative communication with the computer for sensing the land management operations performed by the self-propelled machine on the land base

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectSensor detection:

Data Source

PatentUS11614855B2Managing landbases and machine operations performed thereon

Publication Date: 2023.03.28 GENESIS IND INC

AI summary

A method for management of a land base includes interfacing a machine or equipment to a computer running a geographical information system (GIS) application such that the computer is configured to monitor the operations performed by the equipment or machine on the land base and store the operations as map points, lines, or polygons on at least one data layer within the GIS application. The method further includes displaying the GIS application to the operator at the point and time of performing the operations.