Layer use cases
Layer name | Version / priority | Actions / interactions (session data) | Default on click behaviour | Description | Zone or location based | Manner of creation | Static, current, historical, forecast | Needs legend? | Static / Dynamic | Notes |
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Topography |
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| Zone-based view of elevation ranges, e.g. (0 - 5 m, 6 - 10 m, 11 - 15 m). | Zone |
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Soil texture | Irrigation | View |
| Zone-based view of soil texture including percent sand, clay, and silt per zone. For any given lat / long we want to know a soil texture to be able to understand how water will be stored. | Zone |
| Static | Yes | Static | Pre-requisite for understanding soil water content. |
Irrigation zones | Irrigation | View |
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Irrigation prescription | Irrigation |
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Organic, transitioning, and non-organic locations |
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| Location details? | Location-based view of the organic status of each location on the farm. Likely statuses include:
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| Yes | Dynamic |
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Crop group (e.g. cereals) |
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| Location-based view of the crop groups grown on each location on the farm. In addition to each of the crop groups, we would need a “Not applicable” for non crop-enabled locations. | Location |
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| Yes | Dynamic | Would need a way to show multiple crop groups being grown on the same location. Time lapse would need to define start / end date logic for crops. |
Crop type (e.g. apples) |
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| Location-based view of the type of crops grown on each location on the farm. In addition to each of the crop groups, we would need a “Not applicable” for non crop-enabled locations. | Location |
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| Yes | Dynamic | Would need a way to show multiple crop types being grown on the same location. Time lapse would need to define start / end date logic for crops. |
Task activity per location |
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| View task homepage pre-filtered for that location and date or date range. | Number of tasks at that location on a specific date or during a date range. Include the ability to filter by task status and potentially task type. | Location |
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| Maybe* | Dynamic | Could either use a heatmap treatment to show frequency or just show numbers similar to clustered points. LIkely need a onClick preview to show details about the task. |
Day planner |
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| Show all locations where an incomplete task exists for the selected assignee or assignees for a selected date or date range. | Location |
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Profitability by location |
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| Calculate profitability based on either estimated harvest / actual harvest minus inputs and task hours. |
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Crop enabled |
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| Show the following location types with different visual treatment:
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| Yes | Dynamic |
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Intercropping / Agribiodiversity level |
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| Show via a heatmap the relative agribiodiversity of the location. | Location |
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| Yes | Dynamic | Steps and criteria to be co-designed with Hannah, Lucas, and Illyas. |
Last pruning | Agroforestry |
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| Last completed pruning task on this location |
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| Dynamic | May need to add the ability to define how frequently pruning should happen. This could also be an attribute of the crop. |
Permaculture zones |
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Soil water deficit |
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Water moisture target |
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Soil water potential |
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Active vs. fallow |
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Weather |
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Irrigation infrastructure |
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| Only show things like water valves, pivots, waterways, drainage, drip tape, etc. |
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Transportation / access |
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| Only show locations related to transportation - e.g. gates, fences, roads, footpaths. | Location |
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| No | Dynamic | Probably doesn’t need legend, but should have labels. |
Sunlight hours |
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| Weather forecast or weather forecast and topography. |
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Harvest forecast |
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| Days to next harvest task. |
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Nutrient balance |
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| Some senstivity around how we display this in order to not push individuals towards the “NPK mentality”. |
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Carbon stocks |
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Soil analysis results |
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Compaction |
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Micronutrient balance |
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Microbial content |
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Biodiversity observations per zone / per location |
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Irrigation layer use cases
Layer name | Version / priority | Actions / interactions | Description | Zone or location based | Manner of creation | Current, historical, forecast | Needs legend? | Static / Dynamic | Notes |
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Topography |
| View | Zone-based view of elevation ranges, e.g. (0 - 5 m, 6 - 10 m, 11 - 15 m). | Zone |
| Current: only 1 version | Yes | Static |
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Soil texture | Irrigation |
| Zone-based view of soil texture including percent sand, clay, and silt per zone. For any given lat / long we want to know a soil texture to be able to understand how water will be stored. We know soil textures change across depths, e.g. 10 cm vs. 1m. | Zone |
| Current: only 1 version | Yes | Static | Pre-requisite for understanding soil water content. Will need to support multiple depths for each zone. |
Irrigation zones | Irrigation |
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Irrigation prescription | Irrigation |
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Soil water deficit | Irrigation |
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Water moisture target | Irrigation |
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Soil water potential | Irrigation |
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Irrigation infrastructure | Irrigation |
| Only show things like water valves, pivots, waterways, drainage, drip tape, etc. |
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Open questions:
Different types of layer history:
Some will change regularly and will be able to learn from changes over time
Some just need the ability to roll-back to previous, more correct versions
For layers with a time step functionality targeting locations, should locations appear / dissapear as their creation date is passed?