Turf management

A method of watering a turf site, the turf site including turf, the method comprising:

• operating a mobile data collection device including a sensor configured to collect data at a plurality of data point locations on the turf site;
• receiving the data including a plurality of data points collected using the mobile data collection device, the data points identifying at least one characteristic of the turf at the turf site at the plurality of data point locations;
• determining, using the at least one computing device, sprinkler head locations of at least two sprinkler heads in a portion of the turf site;
• segmenting the portion of the turf site into a plurality of units using the at least one computing device, the units being defined by boundaries, the segmenting comprising:
• determining a midpoint between the at least two sprinkler head locations;
• defining at least one of the boundaries as a perpendicular bisector extending through the midpoint;
• and
• defining the other boundaries of the plurality of units;
• determining data points of the plurality of data points that have data point locations within the boundaries of the units;
• computing scores associated with the at least one characteristic of the turf within the units utilizing the obtained data points having the data point locations within the units, using the at least one computing device;
• generating a user interface, using the at least one computing device, the user interface including:
• a graphical representation of at least a portion of the turf site;
• a graphical representation of the boundaries of the units on the at least the portion of the turf site;
• and
• a graphical representation of the scores;
• and
• automatically providing water to turf within at least one of the units based at least in part on the at least one characteristic of the turf within the at least one of the units, wherein automatically providing the water comprises:
• generating one or more signals based at least in part on the computed scores;
• and
• actuating a valve coupled to a water delivery line associated with a source of water by providing the one or more signals to the valve via a wired or wireless connection to the valve, wherein actuating the valve causes water to be provided to the turf.

A method of watering a turf site, the turf site including turf, the method comprising:

• operating a mobile data collection device to collect a plurality of data points for the turf site, the mobile data collection device including a location identification device and an instrument adapted to measure a quality of the turf, and the data points including a value indicative of the measured quality of the turf and a location where the data point was obtained;
• determining, using the location identification device, sprinkler head locations of at least two sprinkler heads in a portion of the turf site;
• segmenting, using a computing device, the portion of the turf site into a plurality of non-overlapping, contiguous irrigation management units, the irrigation management units being defined by boundaries, the segmenting comprising:
• defining at least one of the boundaries of the irrigation management units based on the locations of the sprinkler heads, wherein:
• each irrigation management unit contains only a single one of the sprinkler heads therein;
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• all of the turf within each irrigation management unit is closer to the single one of the sprinkler heads than to any other of the sprinkler heads;
• for each irrigation management unit, computing, using the computing device, a value representing a characteristic of the turf within the irrigation management unit utilizing the value indicative of the measured quality of the turf within the irrigation management unit, the value including a water content value;
• assigning each irrigation management unit into one of a plurality of irrigation management zones, at least one of the irrigation management zones including more than one irrigation management units, the assigning comprising:
• identifying irrigation management units having a similar quality based on the values representing the characteristic of the turf within the irrigation management units;
• defining the irrigation management zones, each irrigation management zone including one or more irrigation management units having a similar quality;
• modifying the irrigation management zones based on soil salinity values;
• and
• modifying the irrigation management zones based on topography values;
• generating a user interface, using the at least one computing device, the user interface including:
• a graphical representation of at least a portion of the turf site;
• a graphical representation of the boundaries of the irrigation management units on the at least the portion of the turf site;
• a graphical representation of the values representing the characteristic of the turf within the irrigation management units;
• a graphical representation of the plurality of irrigation management zones;
• and
• programming an irrigation control system to commonly control the sprinkler heads included in each of the irrigation management zones;
• and
• providing water to turf within at least one of the irrigation management zones using the programmed irrigation control system, wherein providing the water comprises:
• generating one or more signals based at least in part on the topography values;
• and
• actuating a valve coupled to a water delivery line associated with a source of water by providing the one or more signals to the valve via a wired or wireless connection to the valve, wherein actuating the valve causes water to be provided to the turf.

A method of watering a turf site, the turf site including turf, the method comprising:

• operating a mobile data collection device including a sensor configured to collect data at a plurality of data point locations on the turf site;
• receiving, using at least one computing device, the data including a plurality of data points collected using a mobile data collection device, the data points including a value indicative of a quality of the turf and a location where each of the data points was obtained;
• determining, using the at least one computing device, sprinkler head locations of a plurality of sprinkler heads in a portion of the turf site;
• segmenting, using the at least one computing device, the portion of the turf site into a plurality of non-overlapping, contiguous irrigation management units, each irrigation management unit defined to contains only a single one of the plurality of sprinkler heads;
• for each irrigation management unit, computing, using the at least one computing device, a value representative of a characteristic of the turf within the irrigation management unit utilizing at least some of the data points;
• assigning, using the at least one computing device, each irrigation management unit to one of a plurality of irrigation management zones, at least one of the irrigation management zones including at least two irrigation management units having a similar quality, the similar quality determined based on the values representative of the characteristic of the turf;
• generating, using the at least one computing device, irrigation management zone information, the irrigation management zone information configured to program an irrigation control system to commonly control the sprinkler heads within each of the irrigation management zones;
• generating a user interface, using the at least one computing device, the user interface including:
• a graphical representation of at least a portion of the turf site;
• a graphical representation of the boundaries of the irrigation management units on the at least the portion of the turf site;
• a graphical representation of the values representing the characteristic of the turf within the irrigation management units;
• a graphical representation of the plurality of irrigation management zones;
• and
• providing water to turf within at least one of the irrigation management zones based at least in part on the values representative of the characteristic of the turf within the irrigation management units of the at least one of the irrigation management zones, wherein automatically providing the water comprises:
• generating one or more signals based at least in part on the value representing the characteristic of the turf;
• and
• actuating a valve coupled to a water delivery line associated with a source of water by providing the one or more signals to the valve through a wired or wireless connection, wherein actuating the valve causes water to be provided to the turf.