INDUSTRY FIELD GUIDE
Planting pass data for evaluating AI field maps
A line on a map proves a machine moved.
NAICS 115112 · Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating
A line on a map proves a machine moved. A planter’s state record can help show which part of that path actually represents planting. NRCS publishes precision-farming guidance, and Blue River Technology describes agricultural applications that use computer vision. A service contractor can propose a narrower test of evidence alignment using anonymized or simulated passes. NRCS precision farming guidance · Blue River Technology applications
Sketch a demonstration field and generate short parallel paths. Mark one pass with an active planting signal, one with the tool raised, and one where two sections overlap and a state transition happens late. Match each trace to a verified operator note. An evaluator can ask whether the model credits only confirmed planted distance and identifies uncertain intervals. Use a separate block for testing.
Planting maps and variety assignments may belong to the client farm. Remove real coordinates, names, seed rates, and equipment identifiers. Confirm data export and reuse authority before discussing an actual season.
Describe a planting pass dataset
Original Fiund exercise
A machine path needs tool-state evidence before it counts as planted distance
Abstract parallel paths and original state annotations form an offline contractor-data exercise. There are no real coordinates, seed rates, machine settings or operating instructions.
| Record | Source | What it records |
|---|---|---|
| PPF1 | Pass A | Path length 100 practice meters; planting-state signal active throughout; matching fictional operator note confirms the interval. |
| PPF2 | Pass B | Path length 100 meters; tool raised throughout; operator note says repositioning. |
| PPF3 | Pass C | Path length 100 meters overlaps A for its first 20. Active-state transition timestamp uncertain over the first 30 meters; final 70 confirmed active. No width or area denominator supplied. |
Question for the model
Which distance is confirmed active, which path is repositioning, and what cannot be counted as verified unique planted area?
Show the reference answer and checks
PPF1 supports 100 practice meters of active-state travel on A. PPF2 is 100 meters of repositioning with the tool raised. PPF3 confirms only its final 70 meters active and leaves the first 30 uncertain, including overlap with A. These records do not establish unique planted area because width and adequate overlap treatment are absent. Report supported distance by pass rather than credit every mapped line as planting or sum overlap into area.
- Treating all machine travel as active planting.
- Summing overlapping paths into unique area without tool-state timing and width evidence.
Fields to preserve
- Pass and path segment
- Identifies spatial intervals.
- Tool state and transition uncertainty
- Separates activity from travel.
- Overlap, width and operator source
- Defines what further evidence area calculation needs.
Test another case
Provide C's exact activation at meter 30 and an explicit width while leaving overlap geometry incomplete. Require the remaining area gap to stay visible.
Use simulated paths. Exclude client maps, variety assignments and equipment IDs; verify client and platform export authority before real collection.
Discuss a contribution
Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.