GeoSense: A Multimode Information and Communication System

Table 1

Specific development/functionality of GeoSense and existing related systems.

S. No	GeoSense	E-Sagu	aAQUA	Common-Sense	Agrocom	Akshaya
(1)	Real-time dynamic system	Offline system	Offline system	Offline system	Semi-near real-time	Offline system
(2)	LBS	Not available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available
(3)	WDS with broad band/3G network	Manual data collection/GPRS	Manual data collection/GPRS	ZigBee-based and GPRS	ZigBee-based and GPRS	Manual data collection/GPRS
(4)	3 Different height (1, 2 and 3 meters) weather data collection	Single-height data collection	Single-height data collection	Single-height data collection	Single-height data collection	Single-height data collection
(5)	Real-time soil moisture data collection	Manual data collection	Manual data collection	Manual data collection	AWS-based Soil moisture data collection	Manual data collection
(6)	Dynamic crop water requirement simulation	Manual advisory system	Manual advisory system	Manual advisory system	Manual advisory system	Manual advisory system
(7)	Dynamic real-time crop yield simulation	Manual advisory system	Manual advisory system	Manual advisory system	Manual advisory system	Manual advisory system
(8)	GeoSense cloud service	No cloud facility	No cloud facility	No cloud facility	No cloud facility	No cloud facility
(9)	Real-time decision support system	Semi-near real-time	Semi-near real-time	Semi-near real-time	Semi-near real-time	Semi-near real-time