CSI/Hemisphere GPS introduces Outback S2 GPS ag guidance product
Written by CSI/Hemisphere GPS
Tuesday, 01 November 2005
Hemisphere GPS introduces new Outback S2 ag guidance system Integrating Hemisphere's new Crescent(TM) technology enables Outback S2 to achieve 50% increase in accuracy and performance from previous models
CALGARY, Alberta - Nov. 1 , 2005 - Hemisphere GPS, a designer and manufacturer of GPS products used in more than 50 countries, today announced the latest addition to its industry-leading Outback(R) family of products for agricultural guidance.
The Outback S2 builds on the success of Hemisphere's very popular Outback S guidance system. Integrating Hemisphere's new Crescent(R) receiver technology into the Outback S2 enables it to achieve a 50% increase in accuracy and performance over previous models.
Hemisphere's exclusive Crescent technology also enables the Outback S2, which will be available for purchase in January 2006, to achieve:
- Faster start-up and GPS signal acquisition times
- Improved update rates of 10Hz
- Lower power consumption
- Radar-simulated ground speed output
The Outback S2 is an easy-to-install, easy-to-use, low-cost guidance system featuring a highly robust 10Hz differential GPS WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) receiver and Steering Guide(TM). It enables operators to drive straight rows, with no skipped areas and minimal overlaps, to achieve major cost savings in fuel, fertilizer, and virtually all other production input costs.
"The Outback S, and now the much-improved Crescent-equipped Outback S2, are the core agricultural guidance systems around which we have designed and built our entire Outback product line, and successfully marketed it throughout North America plus a growing number of regions in South America, Europe and Australia," said Rick Heiniger, President of Hemisphere GPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of CSI Wireless Inc.
Hemisphere's other Outback-brand products include:
1) the Outback eDrive GPS Automated Steering System - an easy-to-install hands-free system that automatically steers tractors, combines and self-propelled sprayers along straight or curved rows. Operators need their hands on the steering wheel only when turning their vehicles at the end of each row. eDrive automatically disengages at the end of each row when it's time to turn, and automatically re-engages when the turn is completed and the vehicle is near where the next row should start. The new Outback S2 will significantly enhance Outback eDrive's steering accuracy.
2) the Outback 360 GPS Mapping System, featuring a high-resolution color screen that offers operators a 360-degree bird's eye view of their fields. Using the Outback 360 in conjunction with the Outback S or new Outback S2, operators can essentially look down from the sky - monitoring the progress of a farm vehicle as it moves across a field.
3) the Outback Hitch(TM) GPS Implement Guidance System that enables the hitch between the agricultural implement and tractor to automatically adjust to the left or right. Using GPS signals, the Outback Hitch keeps implements precisely on track - no short-cuts on contours or sliding down hillsides.
About Hemisphere GPS
Hemisphere GPS is the world's largest after-market supplier of GPS products for use in Agricultural Guidance, and a global player in other rapidly growing GPS-aided sectors including Marine Guidance and GIS & Mapping. Owned by CSI Wireless Inc., Hemisphere's major house brands are Outback, Satloc, CSI and Crescent. Hemisphere is a leader in the design and development of GPS and Differential GPS technology. For more information, go to www.hemispheregps.com.
About CSI Wireless
CSI Wireless designs and manufactures innovative, cost-effective, wireless and GPS products for mobile and fixed applications in the agriculture, marine, automotive and other industries. CSI is a leader in several high-growth markets including Precision Guidance in Agriculture, Telematics and Desktop Cellular Telephones. The Company, through its Wireless and its Hemisphere GPS divisions, owns numerous patents and other intellectual property. It has licensed its cellular technology to GPS, cellular handset, and chipset manufacturers. CSI's common shares trade on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "CSY", with approximately 46 million outstanding. The company's head offices are in Calgary, Alberta, and it has major product development, sales and marketing facilities in California's Silicon Valley, Arizona and Kansas. For more information about CSI, go to www.csi-wireless.com.
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