The AgCam is a ruggedized
camera system
In 3D video games, a virtual camera system aims at controlling a camera or a set of cameras to display a view of a 3D virtual world. Camera systems are used in video games where their purpose is to show the action at the best possible angle; m ...
developed for use on
Agricultural equipment
Agricultural machinery relates to the mechanical structures and devices used in farming or other agriculture. There are many types of such equipment, from hand tools and power tools to tractors and the countless kinds of farm implements that they ...
to assist in viewing on large machinery. The system is manufactured by Dakota Micro, Inc., a
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
Corporation, United States.
The
University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota (also known as UND or North Dakota) is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of ...
has developed a camera for use on the International Space Stations that was named the AgCam, but has since changed the name of their camera to ISSAC in the light of copyright issues.
The AgCam is sold to a network of equipment dealerships. AgCam is sold by OEM Companies, including:
AGCO Corporation
AGCO Corporation is an American agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1990 and with its headquarters in Duluth, Georgia, United States. AGCO designs, produces and sells tractors, combines, foragers, hay tools, self-propelled sprayers ...
, Trimble, Pickett Equipment, Morris Industries Ltd., Double L Inc. and TOPCON,
References
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Cameras
Agricultural machinery