Patent ID: 8155935
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A01B,A01G,G01N,G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for managing drainage system design comprising: a computer; an input device for accepting GPS data into said computer, said GPS data comprising a plurality of data points in a field collected in sections; means within said computer for identifying a bounding box according to a longitude, latitude and altitude of each of a plurality of points along a perimeter of said field; means for querying the altitude of a point in said bounding box by finding a triangle point projected in the XY plane and adjusting the triangle's three points according to a weighted distance sum; and means for generating a countour map using an output of said means for querying; means within said computer for designing a drainage system design based on said countour map; means for generating a cost estimate for said drainage system based on said drainage system design; and means for producing an instruction set for tooling machines installing said drainage system.