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5. Soil variability is measured by real-time sensing of soil properties
remotely or close at hand (proximally) at a high spatial resolution. The
observations can be calibrated by measurements made by soil surveyors
examining soil in profile pits or from augered samples (laboratory
analysis). Storage of the data in a GIS and its visualization allow more
precise maps of the spatial structure of soil variability to be produced
than is possible with traditional maps based on a general-purpose
classification.
6. Armed with this knowledge, winegrowers can make better decisions
about vineyard management, in particular how to grow vines to meet
their objectives of achieving a specific fruit yield, quality, wine style, and
market price point.
