SMS Advanced Software -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIS Function Description -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Display and Displays and layers shapefiles, digital elevation models, MapInfo, Layer Spatial National Elevation models, Spatial Data Transfer Standard elevation Data models, Tiger data. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Supported Yield All available yield data formats. Data Formats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interpret Creates grid and contour yield maps; edits yield data; correlates Yield Data yield data to other layers, such as soil maps or satellite imagery. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Display Economic data can be displayed in tabular format and correlated to Economic Data spatial layers and displayed as maps. SMS does not have the ability to import economic data from recordkeeping software. Each data record must be entered separately. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyze Multiple Displays multiple years of yield data in one multiyear average map. Years of Data -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prepare Variable Creates variable rate maps and exports them for use in Ag Leader, Rate Application AgChem, MidTech and Trimble controllers. The variable rate maps Maps also can be exported as shapefiles, MapInfo files and text files. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Display and Use Displays gif, jpg, sid, png, tiff, bmp and wmf image file formats. Image Files Can geo-reference images and prepare normalized vegetative indexes (NDVI). I have been unable to properly display Landsat images in SMS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change Map SMS cannot change data map projections. It has the ability to Projections import and display most projections. Users will need a separate GIS program to change the map projection of their data. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clip Data to Clips image and soil files to field boundaries. Field Boundaries -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profit and Loss Prepares and displays single-year and multiple-year profit Spatial Maps and loss maps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------