Methods and systems for soil data interpolation

A computing system for improving interpolation of soil data collected from an agricultural field, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a first ground-based mobile agricultural implement;
• a second ground-based mobile agricultural implement;
• and
• one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:
• generate a field geospatial map layer corresponding to the agricultural field,
• wherein the field geospatial map layer includes data that associates the agricultural field with a variable grid;
• generate a composite geospatial map layer corresponding to the agricultural field,
• wherein the composite geospatial map layer is subdivided by the variable grid, and
• wherein the composite geospatial map layer includes boundary information for one or more of the indices of the variable grid;
• receive a first plurality of soil point data values corresponding to an agricultural field via the first mobile agricultural implement;
• receive a second plurality of soil point data values corresponding to an agricultural field via the second mobile agricultural implement;
• assign each of the first plurality of soil point data values and each of the second plurality of soil point data values, and the respective type of each soil point data value, to a respective grid index of the variable grid in the field geospatial map layer;
• generate, via the one or more processors, a third plurality of soil point data values by interpolating each of the first plurality of soil point data values and each of the second plurality of soil point data values,
• wherein the interpolating includes avoiding interpolation of points having incompatible data types, and
• wherein the interpolating includes avoiding interpolation of points between the each of the first plurality of soil point data values and the each of the second plurality of soil point data values based on the boundary information in the composite geospatial map layer;
• and
• store the third plurality of soil point data values in one or more spatial data files.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• generate a field geospatial map layer corresponding to the agricultural field,
• wherein the field geospatial map layer includes data that associates the agricultural field with a variable grid;
• generate a composite geospatial map layer corresponding to the agricultural field,
• wherein the composite geospatial map layer is subdivided by the variable grid, and
• wherein the composite geospatial map layer includes boundary information for one or more of the indices of the variable grid;
• receive a first plurality of soil point data values corresponding to an agricultural field via a first mobile agricultural implement;
• receive a second plurality of soil point data values corresponding to an agricultural field via a second mobile agricultural implement;
• assign each of the first plurality of soil point data values and each of the second plurality of soil point data values, and the respective type of each soil point data value, to a respective grid index of the variable grid in the field geospatial map layer;
• generate, via one or more processors, a third plurality of soil point data values by interpolating each of the first plurality of soil point data values and each of the second plurality of soil point data values,
• wherein the interpolating includes avoiding interpolation of points having incompatible data types, and
• wherein the interpolating includes avoiding interpolation of points between the each of the first plurality of soil point data values and the each of the second plurality of soil point data values based on the boundary information in the composite geospatial map layer;
• and
• store the third plurality of soil point data values in one or more spatial data files.