An irrigation management system comprising: a control system for controlling a first irrigation system that applies water in a first irrigated area and a second irrigation system that applies water in a second irrigated area (82B-J); and a user interface for enabling a user to configure the control system, the user interface presenting a map view of a geographic area including the first irrigated area and the second irrigated area (82B-J), the map view including a first graphical element corresponding to the first irrigation system and a second graphical element (84B-J) corresponding to the second irrigation system, the user interface presenting a first interactive control panel for controlling the first irrigation system concurrently with the map view when the user selects the first graphical element, and presenting a second interactive control panel for controlling the second irrigation system concurrently with the map view when the user selects the second graphical element, wherein the map view depicts a location of an irrigated area (82A-J) corresponding to each irrigation system and further depicts a shape of each irrigated area and a position of each of the first and second irrigation systems within its irrigated area; characterized in that the first and second irrigation systems are mobile irrigation systems, and in that the map view depicts the current position of each of the first and second mobile irrigation systems within its irrigated area, and in that for each of the first and second mobile irrigation systems the map view depicts an area that has been irrigated in a current irrigation run by a filled or colored area between the depicted starting position and the current position of the mobile irrigation system. a control system for controlling a first irrigation system that applies water in a first irrigated area and a second irrigation system that applies water in a second irrigated area (82B-J); and a user interface for enabling a user to configure the control system, the user interface presenting a map view of a geographic area including the first irrigated area and the second irrigated area (82B-J), the map view including a first graphical element corresponding to the first irrigation system and a second graphical element (84B-J) corresponding to the second irrigation system, the user interface presenting a first interactive control panel for controlling the first irrigation system concurrently with the map view when the user selects the first graphical element, and presenting a second interactive control panel for controlling the second irrigation system concurrently with the map view when the user selects the second graphical element, wherein the map view depicts a location of an irrigated area (82A-J) corresponding to each irrigation system and further depicts a shape of each irrigated area and a position of each of the first and second irrigation systems within its irrigated area; characterized in that the first and second irrigation systems are mobile irrigation systems, and in that the map view depicts the current position of each of the first and second mobile irrigation systems within its irrigated area, and in that for each of the first and second mobile irrigation systems the map view depicts an area that has been irrigated in a current irrigation run by a filled or colored area between the depicted starting position and the current position of the mobile irrigation system.