Emulation to provide multiple applications in mobile equipment

A system comprising:

• a vehicle;
• a display in or on the vehicle;
• a processor connected with the display, the processor operable to run a first navigation program;
• and
• a second program which is an emulation program, the emulation program being operable to share the display with the first program;
• wherein the vehicle is a farm vehicle, mining vehicle, or a construction vehicle, the first program is associated with a navigation program, and the second program is associated with a farming, mining or construction application different than the navigation program;
• and
• wherein the first program is a steering guidance program, as-applied map generator program, variable rate map generator program, a cut-fill map generator program or combinations thereof operable to generate real-time images on the display as a function of position information.

A system comprising:

• a virtual terminal emulator and a navigation program on a same platform;
• and
• a display operable in response to the virtual terminal emulator and the navigation program;
• wherein the navigation program is operable to generate real-time images on the display as a function of a steering guidance program, an as-applied map generator program, a variable rate map generator program, a cut-fill map generator program or combinations thereof.

A method comprising:

• running a first program with a first operating system;
• running a second program with a second operating system in real-time with the running of the first program;
• wherein the first and second programs share a display, at least the first program associated with navigation;
• wherein the first, the second or both of the first and second programs are associated with farming, mining, construction or combinations thereof;
• and
• running the first and second programs on a farm vehicle, a mining vehicle or a construction vehicle, the first program being a navigation program, and the second program being associated with a farming, mining or construction application different than the navigation program.