SKY Mapping General

Use SKY Mapping to provide the best advice on every aspect of the customer’s precision farming operation.

Fields – This provides access to the Customer list which contains all Fields available to view. Selecting the Customer Name expands the list of Fields for that Customer. Choosing a Field Name selects the Field, indicated by a darker gray...

This workflow allows for setup of different types of soil sampling services, dispatching sampling crews, and billing for those services as they are completed. Process Set up a Work Order Service in SKY Admin for Soil Sampling. See her...

When adding a new Customer to SKY Mapping, the Customer must first reside in the Agvance Hub with an address. If the Customer being added to SKY Mapping does not exist in the Agvance Hub, they must be added there so they can be chosen from the popul...

When adding a new field to SKY Mapping, the field and farm may be added in the Agvance Hub first and selected from a populated drop-down list or added from SKY Mapping as the field is being drawn. Navigate to the desired customer and select the V...

To add a Farm to a customer’s account, select the Ellipsis icon for that customer and choose Add New Field .  Choose the Farm Name drop-down menu.  If the customer does not have any Farms to choose in the list, type the Farm name in the spac...

Field boundaries can be imported as a shape file or manually drawn using the SKY Mapping drawing tools. A boundary must be added to the field before saving. Importing a Boundary Select Import . Select the shapefile for the Field being added and...

The Explode tool can be used when creating a Rec or Event from an existing layer where like zones will be grouped together. Selecting the Explode tool will break the like zones into individual zones to be given unique values if desired.  In the SK...

Create multiple shapefile boundaries for numerous customers at one time formatted and ready to import into SKY Mapping. In Agvance, go to Hub / Setup / Company Preferences / API / Mapping Interface .  Select the Export Folder icon from the Ex...

Boundary reports are available to print or download by navigating to Reports / SKY Mapping at the top right corner of the Mapping window.   Select the SKY Boundary Report  option under Select Report . Use the drop-dow...

Customers can easily be imported into Agvance SKY Mapping directly from the Agvance program. In Agvance, go to Hub / Setup / Company Preferences / API / Mapping Interface and choose Select in the Send Customers to Mapping area.  On the Sel...

Add data to Mapping Premium using the Action and Mapping menus. The Action menu allows the option to navigate and create data elements for each Field.  Fields Select Fields to access all Fields available to view. Choose the customer name...

Importing Imagery In Premium Mapping, select Import from the Action menu, and choose Upload Files .  In the Data Type field, select Imagery .  In the Format Type field, choose GeoTIFF (*.tiff, *.tif) .  Drag and drop image files or i...

User Roles are set up within SKY Mapping to provide User securities by type of employee. The securities can be set up on different levels to accommodate the needs of each User, allowing some more access to certain areas of the program, while allowin...

Add data to Mapping Premium by creating import templates. Select Template Manager from the Setup menu.  Choose the + icon to add a new template.  Select a File Type from the drop-down menu.  Choose Select File , navigate to the ...

Print reports for soil sampling in SKY Mapping. Sample Bag Labels Select Fields from the Reports menu. Check the Sample Bag Labels report. In the Options section, make the desired selections. Under Label Type , Avery 8160 print...

Select Import and choose Upload Files .  Choose Field Boundary as the Data Type and the appropriate template as the Format Type from the drop-down menus.  When selecting the Data Type , a Supported File Types bar displays illustrating...

The Mapping menu allows the options to navigate, search, and take measurements in the mapping area. Map Extent Select Extent to navigate the Mapping window.  Previous – This moves to the map boundary last viewed. If the map was not previ...

The steps below demonstrate how Zone soil sampling can be done in SKY Mapping. Select the Grower/Field. Choose the Vertical Ellipsis at the Field level. Under the New Event menu, select Sampling - Soil . Select the Zones men...

The Agvance Hub offers an export utility that creates shapefile boundaries for any existing Field a Customer wants to import into SKY Mapping. The Export Shapefiles utility can be used to create multiple shapefile boundaries for numerous Customers...

Run the Lab Submission Form by date. Use the Filters to select the appropriate location.  Choose Select All to select all fields. Navigate to the Events tab and use the filter options to choose the correct Season and Sampling - Soil Eve...

Bulk importing allows for importing one or more boundary files into Sky Mapping with a single import. The fields must be matched to a farm/field in the Agvance Hub to avoid creating duplicate fields in Agvance. Select Import from the toolbar at ...

Q.  When boundary files were imported into SKY Mapping, overlapping boundaries were present and/or the fields were not indicated as linked to SKY Mapping from the Agvance Hub once the process was complete.  How do I correct these issues? A.   Li...

When making edits to a field boundary in SKY Mapping edits will be made to the GIS Acres in Agvance.  Upon saving the field, the GIS Acres will be updated in the Hub SKY Mapping will not update the Reported acres. Reported Acres are t...

SKY Mapping Products can be linked to Agvance Products in the Hub. Navigate to the Product to link in Agvance and choose Edit . Double-click in the field on the Mapping Recs tab. If the Agvance Product is linked to an Ag...

Follow the instructions below to link Customers to SKY Mapping. Navigate to Hub / Setup / Company Preferences . On the API tab, go to the Mapping Interface tab then choose Select . On the Select Customers window, the Fil...

Management Area Analysis Layers can be added to a field using one of the two templates SSI provides or by creating a new template. Setup Navigate to Setup / Template Manager to add a Management Area template. Choose the Add button to create a...

The following outlines the process on creating third party Recs in SKY Mapping. Select the Field(s) for which to import third party Recs. Choose the Recs tab. Choose the vertical Ellipsis then select Application (Equation) . Enter th...

Field Classifications give the ability to group Fields with a unique name. Classifications can then be used in SKY Mapping as a filtering tool in the Fields panel and in reports. Field Classifications  are set up in Agvance at  Hub /...