Farming Guidance System offers touchscreen interface.
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Featuring 7 in. color touch screen and electronically integrated Outback Steering Guide(TM), Outback Sts uses GPS data and specific job details to provide real-time data and precision guidance. Solution offers various guidance patterns and ability to set/adjust guidance lines. Information pertaining to job management capabilities - setting perimeters, dropping mark flags, creating job templates, recording job-specific notes - can be stored on internal memory or transferred via USB port.
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Hemisphere GPS Introduces Outback Sts(TM) Precision Farming Guidance System
Louisville, KY -February 10, 2009 - (TSX: HEM) Today, Hemisphere GPS introduced the new Outback Sts at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky and the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. Outback Sts (S touch screen) is the latest addition to the line of situational awareness and data management tools from Outback Guidance®. Combining the most popular features of the market-proven Outback S2(TM) with the user friendly touch screen interface of Outback S3(TM), Outback Sts offers solid performance and simpler operation.
Outback Sts' 7 inch, high resolution color touch screen and electronically integrated Outback Steering Guide(TM) uses GPS data and specific job details to provide real time job data and precision guidance. It features a variety of easy-to-use guidance patterns and the ability to set and adjust guidance lines. Outback Sts also boasts a wide array of job management options, including setting perimeters, dropping mark flags, creating job templates, and recording job-specific notes such as the type of crop, the wind direction, and temperature. All this information can be stored on the system internal memory or the data can be conveniently transferred via the USB port. All of these features are powered by Crescent®, the company's advanced patented GPS receiver technology.
Outback Sts is designed to be expandable and work with a variety of other Outback Guidance products. The functionality of Outback Sts is expanded by Outback eDriveTC(TM) GPS assisted steering system which uses GPS technology to automatically steer the tractor, resulting in more uniform treatments and less waste. Outback Sts also works with Outback AutoMate(TM), an automatic boom control system that monitors and controls individual sprayer sections to minimize overlaps and skips.
"Hemisphere GPS is proud to introduce the Outback Sts, "said Dean Ryerson, Senior Vice President and Chief of Agriculture of Hemisphere GPS. "The combination of its simplicity, superior performance, and expandability means the Outback Sts will deliver incredible savings and a quick return on investment to our customers." Hemisphere GPS will begin shipping Outback Sts in March 2009. Backed by Hemisphere GPS' longstanding commitment to quality and customer satisfaction, Outback Sts comes with a 1-year standard manufacturer's warranty and an optional 3-year Extended Service Program (ESP). It will be available through Outback Guidance Centers and through select Hemisphere GPS distributors worldwide.
Please visit Hemisphere GPS' Outback Guidance team from February 11th-14th, in booth (904) in the South Wing at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, and from February 10th-12th at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA in booth U42.
About Hemisphere GPS
Hemisphere GPS designs and manufactures innovative, cost-effective GPS products for positioning, guidance, and machine control applications in agriculture, marine and other markets. The Company holds numerous patents and other intellectual property and owns leading brand names, including Outback Guidance® and BEELINE®, two of the leading brands in precision GPS for ground agriculture. The Company is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with major product development, sales, and marketing facilities in Arizona, Kansas, Texas, and Australia. Hemisphere GPS trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "HEM" and is a component of Standard & Poor's TSX SmallCap Index. For more information about Hemisphere GPS, please go to www.hemispheregps.com.
