SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING GRAPHICAL AND/OR TEXTUAL ELEMENTS ON LAND FOR REMOTE VIEWING

摘要

Disclosed are methods, devices, systems, computer readable media, and other implementations, including methods to form an aerially-viewable approximation of a target image by processing of land (e.g., an agricultural field) based on land data for a land/field and the target image. In an example, a method is provided that includes obtaining field data for a plurality of field portions each associated with respective soil attributes, obtaining a target image to be aerially viewed, and determining for each of the plurality of field portions, based, in part, on the field data and on the target image, an associated respective crop, selected from a plurality of available crops, and a corresponding respective crop density, such that grown crops resulting from planting of the determined associated crop at the corresponding crop density at the each of the plurality of field portions form, when viewed aerially, an approximation of the target image.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for forming an aerially-viewable graphic on real property, the method comprising:
defining the graphic to be formed on the real property; scaling the graphic, or a portion thereof, to a designated portion of the real property; mapping the scaled graphic, or the portion thereof, to the designated portion of the real property, wherein mapping the scaled graphic comprises defining a plurality of points on the designated portion of the real property to be altered to form the graphic; inputting the mapped graphic, or a portion thereof, into a physical, non-transient memory device operatively associated with a navigation system, the navigation system comprising a part of, and providing inputs to, a control system for at least one computer-controlled mechanism, the control system being configured to selectively actuate at least one computer-controlled mechanism to cause the at least one computer-controlled mechanism to actuate and alter only the plurality of points on the designated portion of the real property or sub-portion thereof; traversing the designated portion of the real property with the at least one computer-controlled mechanism; and controlling the at least one computer-controlled mechanism, during the traversing of the designated portion of the real property, to selectively alter only the plurality of points on the designated portion of the real property, or sub-portion thereof, to form the graphic, or the portion thereof, on the designated portion of the real property, either contemporaneously with the act of altering or at a time subsequent thereto.