Design of communicating spatial information systems for agrosystems - Towards a methodology adapted to specificities and new needs of the agricultural domain

Abstract

The new needs for monitoring agricultural practices are leading to the developpement of a new computer-based application type. The main characteristics of these applications are georeferenced data and interactions beetween remote programs. The setting up of new computer-based agricultural systems needs combined skills in the geomatic field and in the communicating system field. The specification of this system type is complex and the use of a structured methodology is essential. This paper presents the capabilies offered by the different methods generally used in projects for agricultural communicating applications.