Trimble expands reach of PurePixel Precision Vegetation Health solution

Dec 17, 2014

More farmers and agricultural professionals able to use mapping program

By Diego Flammini, Farms.com

Sunnyvale, California’s Trimble Navigation decided it was time to further their reach in the world of agricultural mapping and announced their PurePixel agronomic map services will be accessible to customers in Canada and Europe, and not just U.S. consumers.

Part of their Connected Farm solution, PurePixel provides farmers and their advisors precise, high quality vegetation maps while eliminating “noise”, such as soil colour, moisture variability, and even shadows. It can help growers identify which crops are ready for harvest, and which need more time.

Their newest addition to the PurePixel network of maps is the Chlorophyll Index map that’s able to detect chlorophyll separately from other vegetation factors.

"Trimble is committed to expanding both the capabilities and geographies of the Connected Farm solution so more farmers across the globe have access to tools that can aid in decision making and improve farm operations," said Levi Kettle, Connected Farm business area director of Trimble's Agriculture Division. "We've enhanced the PurePixel solution by adding another map that enables farmers to more efficiently determine the health and maturity of their crops using Connected Farm."

There are two types of maps most used by PurePixel. Natural distribution that shows an absolute, true scale of plant health, and Clustered, that shows crop health using percentages.

The PurePixel maps are compatible with other software for use outside of the Connected Farm and can download in the standard shapefile (*.shp) configuration.

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