The yank farmers are enjoying 90mm accuracy FOC from WAAS....with equiped machinery?
Our farmers are slowly taking up guidance. A huge drag is the ongoing cost of subscriptions. Setup and maintenance of a reference station for kinematic stations. Savings of 10 to 20% just in reducing overlap on each pass, longer, more accurate passes...even at up to 30km/hr...big differences in productivity.
Kondinan says only 20% uptake so, savings to those who have taken the plunge and possibilities of a five fold improvment in productivity if more uptake across the board
Am amazed the Nats havent listened to their constituents. However, as one CAD salesman said in an article I read...I never sold much software until the old school drafters started to retire...maybe the same for old school farmers.
Transport and logistics....really, these guys only need to know what road the load is on...however, what would be a killer app for SBAS in the centimetre accuracy range is accident investigation out on country highway/freeway situations. Kinematic information as well as where the vehicles are on the road deck dovetail with available software to give very accurate interpretation of the accident sequence....lots of money to be saved by eliminating common accidents and injuries...ask insurance companies about that. Not to mention, reducing the reliance on the recollections of witnesses.
One hour on google, access a few sites, download some pdf...and probably justified savings to Australia's economy in the billions. Productivity in the billions...alway for a general cost of...as reported..$216,000,000.... not even one quarter of a white elephant airport railway line.