# Feature requests

**URL:** https://discourse.agopengps.com/c/software/feature-requests/11.md

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## [About the Feature requests category](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/about-the-feature-requests-category/20)

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**Author:** [@Aortner](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/Aortner)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [16 May 2021 21:17 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/about-the-feature-requests-category/20 "2021-05-16T21:17:39Z")

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Have a great idea that should be added? Tell us about it here

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## [(Variable) Rate control](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/variable-rate-control/373)

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**Author:** [@doppelgrau](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/doppelgrau)\
**Replies:** 1247\
**Last updated:** [1 November 2026 22:27 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/variable-rate-control/373 "2026-11-01T22:27:50Z")

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Getting back rate control for seeding, fertilizer or spraying (old, removed since code was bad) with an application map (new) to control the rates with a prepared map (kml, shapefile, a bitmap? (how to align?))

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## [Updates on Precision Planting 20/20 output](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/updates-on-precision-planting-20-20-output/21060)

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**Author:** [@Fastrunner08](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/Fastrunner08)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [22 August 2026 01:19 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/updates-on-precision-planting-20-20-output/21060 "2026-08-22T01:19:28Z")

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Hey Everyone, i’ve done some reading into some of the old posts about this and there was some good conversation and a few guys that appeared to get it working, but with some bugs/draw backs on boot. Has anyone perfecte…

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## [Tool Width](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/tool-width/600)

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**Author:** [@Aussie1](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/Aussie1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [6 August 2026 05:29 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/tool-width/600 "2026-08-06T05:29:12Z")

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Love the new GUI. Amazing amount of work has gone into this project. Thanks to @BrianTee\_Admin and his band of merry helpers. This issue is definitely not critical and I may be missing something with the tool setup. Im l…

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## [Yield monitoring](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/yield-monitoring/4861)

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**Author:** [@Roderick1st](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/Roderick1st)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [1 June 2026 07:12 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/yield-monitoring/4861 "2026-06-01T07:12:51Z")

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You can tell its cold and nothing is happening farming wise in the UK (for me anyway)… I’ve got loads of time to play with AOG and post on this forum… Seeing as you can change the colour of the measured area on AOG. Wou…

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## [AOG and Attached Scale](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/aog-and-attached-scale/20528)

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**Author:** [@Keegan4123](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/Keegan4123)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [14 May 2026 11:04 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/aog-and-attached-scale/20528 "2026-05-14T11:04:24Z")

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Previous post had a few replies but figured I would revive the chat. Has anyone rigged up a standard scale to provide lbs/acre readout? Going to be putting a amazon scale kit on our drill this spring and would love to c…

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## [A-B line auto shift](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/a-b-line-auto-shift/20531)

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**Author:** [@F380](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/F380)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [12 April 2026 05:56 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/a-b-line-auto-shift/20531 "2026-04-12T05:56:09Z")

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Hi, as my field bordes are not perfect straight a kind of auto shift function would be very handy. Lets say my right field border has a concave bow as shown in the sketch. Creating a A-B line in the editor I would run…

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## [Scalehead](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/scalehead/17055)

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**Author:** [@CTDMN](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/CTDMN)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [23 March 2026 02:42 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/scalehead/17055 "2026-03-23T02:42:16Z")

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I’m just getting started with Agopengps and I just thought of an additional use for the tablet in the tractor is being a Bluetooth scale head as some seeding implements, fertilizer applicators and grain carts have loadce…

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## [Headland mode](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/headland-mode/20451)

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**Author:** [@jlbjerre](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/jlbjerre)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 March 2026 10:54 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/headland-mode/20451 "2026-03-09T10:54:43Z")

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When spraying, (or other tasks whit only one pas headland) it is frustrating that sections and hydlift activates, when boom gets outside headland, while turning on headland. I dream of a function that keep secions clos…

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## [Contributing to AgOpenGPS](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/contributing-to-agopengps/18106)

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**Author:** [@FantasyTeddy](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/FantasyTeddy)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2026 20:42 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/contributing-to-agopengps/18106 "2026-01-13T20:42:23Z")

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Hi Let me start by commending all the hard work that everyone that is part of the AgOpenGPS community and especially @BrianTee\_Admin has done. In the past few days I tried to contribute to the project with the followin…

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## [UDP arduino INO "template"](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/udp-arduino-ino-template/20198)

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**Author:** [@jlbjerre](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/jlbjerre)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [19 December 2025 11:59 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/udp-arduino-ino-template/20198 "2025-12-19T11:59:41Z")

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Hi, I would like an simple Arduino nano INO, that connect to AOG, with enc28j60 ethernet adapter, and identify as Machine, like “Machine\_UDP\_v5”, but without EEPROM and all unnecessary lift, relay and section kode. Just…

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## [Speed Pulse Output to be ISO compatible](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/speed-pulse-output-to-be-iso-compatible/13852)

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**Author:** [@BardLa](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/BardLa)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [22 November 2025 13:12 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/speed-pulse-output-to-be-iso-compatible/13852 "2025-11-22T13:12:09Z")

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Speed pulse output at the AIO board should be according to the ISO standard in order to avoid issues when connecting different types of implements, or have to solder pullups or pulldown resistors. The ISO standard is hi…

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## [Satellite imagery and elevation models from Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem as background layers](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/satellite-imagery-and-elevation-models-from-copernicus-data-space-ecosystem-as-background-layers/20097)

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**Author:** [@azlinszky\_cdse](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/azlinszky_cdse)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [19 November 2025 14:52 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/satellite-imagery-and-elevation-models-from-copernicus-data-space-ecosystem-as-background-layers/20097 "2025-11-19T14:52:16Z")

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Dear AgOpenGPS Community, I recently saw your system demonstrated at AgriTechnica. I noted that you can load bing maps imagery backgrounds to the screen on the tractor displaying your planned route. I think in the same …

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## [DNS Lookup at every connection](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/dns-lookup-at-every-connection/20094)

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**Author:** [@Skipper-93](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/Skipper-93)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [17 November 2025 14:05 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/dns-lookup-at-every-connection/20094 "2025-11-17T14:05:31Z")

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Currently AOG seems to only do an DNS Lookup for the Caster IP Adress once after AgIO has started. I’m running two casters for my Base stations. If one fails there is DNS Failover to the IP of the second caster. Commer…

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## [Visual aspects](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/visual-aspects/20092)

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**Author:** [@CVX](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/CVX)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [17 November 2025 07:45 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/visual-aspects/20092 "2025-11-17T07:45:13Z")

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A couple of considerations that could make AOG easier to use: The button to freeze the text at the top of the screen, which changes over time, is too small for me. I have trouble stopping the loop at the right moment …

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## [Greenstar skin](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/greenstar-skin/20037)

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**Author:** [@genericusername](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/genericusername)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [6 November 2025 13:59 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/greenstar-skin/20037 "2025-11-06T13:59:02Z")

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Can somebody give me some advice on creating a skin for AO? I work with a 71 year old man with extremely good farming skills, but less good computer skills. He’s learned how to run the John Deere Greenstar system with …

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## [worked area, last run info](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/worked-area-last-run-info/19816)

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**Author:** [@davidroberts30](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/davidroberts30)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [3 November 2025 18:18 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/worked-area-last-run-info/19816 "2025-11-03T18:18:01Z")

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thinking while sowing on the weekend, going back n fore on a decent 500m run would it be possible to tap on the screen on the last coloured in run and see the info like length and area? i know you can see field worked …

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## [U turn shape request](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/u-turn-shape-request/19563)

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**Author:** [@GVFarmer](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/GVFarmer)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [14 June 2025 17:43 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/u-turn-shape-request/19563 "2025-06-14T17:43:06Z")

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I’m wondering if the next release could include an option for modifying the uturn shape. With the current u turn shape and with a long hitch towed implement, the tractor must loop wide on the initial part of the turn. Th…

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## [Account for reduced effective tool width at side hill](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/account-for-reduced-effective-tool-width-at-side-hill/19536)

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**Author:** [@wjr](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/wjr)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [5 June 2025 22:35 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/account-for-reduced-effective-tool-width-at-side-hill/19536 "2025-06-05T22:35:26Z")

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Preface: Correct track distance even on hill slope of \> 25 % was one of the expectations for me to go for cm-level RTK. Running an organic farm, with the option of hoeing most of the crops, this were a game changer. To…

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## [Simple Ethernet Setup for the AIO Board using DHCP](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/simple-ethernet-setup-for-the-aio-board-using-dhcp/19410)

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**Author:** [@dlarsen](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/dlarsen)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [1 June 2025 09:18 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/simple-ethernet-setup-for-the-aio-board-using-dhcp/19410 "2025-06-01T09:18:14Z")

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Step 5 of the software guide instructs the user to configure their computer’s network adapter manually to use a specific IPV4 address. I feel this step could be eliminated if the AIO board was able to answer a DHCP requ…

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## [Roll corrected RTK position from AOG to other Devices with serial RS232](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/roll-corrected-rtk-position-from-aog-to-other-devices-with-serial-rs232/13192)

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**Author:** [@Wolle](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/Wolle)\
**Replies:** 90\
**Last updated:** [18 April 2025 01:00 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/roll-corrected-rtk-position-from-aog-to-other-devices-with-serial-rs232/13192 "2025-04-18T01:00:51Z")

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What would it need? How could it be realized to get the rtk and roll corrected and centered (if using dual) antenna position out of AOG and make it available to an isobus terminal (e.g. CCI) via the serial interface. E.g…

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## [PCB Improvements](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/pcb-improvements/18761)

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**Author:** [@sryan2k1](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/sryan2k1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [5 March 2025 14:16 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/pcb-improvements/18761 "2025-03-05T14:16:41Z")

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Hey all, I didn’t see a better place to put this so I’m sticking it here. I’m a former embedded systems guy that focused on telematics, mostly on the firmware side of things but I’ve done a bit of hardware design/layout…

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## [YouTurn: Skipping worked lines](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/youturn-skipping-worked-lines/17743)

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**Author:** [@steran82](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/steran82)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [28 February 2025 14:55 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/youturn-skipping-worked-lines/17743 "2025-02-28T14:55:17Z")

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Hi community of this great project :slight\_smile: I am collecting experience using AgOpenGPS, this seeding season i started seeding all my tramlines at first because otherwise i’ll forget to turn on/off tram lines on my…

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## [Additional sensor data ingest](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/additional-sensor-data-ingest/18225)

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**Author:** [@dwest123](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/dwest123)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [2 January 2025 17:52 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/additional-sensor-data-ingest/18225 "2025-01-02T17:52:19Z")

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Hi guys, Is there any way of including real time external sensor data and plotting it with the GPS points onto the working map as an additional coverage layer - while also saving the data in the background. I currently…

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## [the end of the guidance line](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/the-end-of-the-guidance-line/18118)

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**Author:** [@Daniel](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/Daniel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [18 December 2024 16:25 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/the-end-of-the-guidance-line/18118 "2024-12-18T16:25:47Z")

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Hy, at trimble when simply using AB mode without border. there is an option (sound and message) to warn the user that we are reaching the end of the guidance line. the end of the line is determined and calculated relati…

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## [PointPerfect Integration](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/pointperfect-integration/14565)

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**Author:** [@xlbean](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/xlbean)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [29 November 2024 09:56 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/pointperfect-integration/14565 "2024-11-29T09:56:30Z")

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Would it be possible to include the native support of SPARTN security key input from the GUI and storage of said keys in non-volatile memory within Teensy 4.1? This would prevent the user who has an L-band compatible ant…

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## [Variable rate map layers](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/variable-rate-map-layers/17933)

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**Author:** [@WestMIguy](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/WestMIguy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [20 November 2024 15:41 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/variable-rate-map-layers/17933 "2024-11-20T15:41:41Z")

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I am just starting to set up variable rate maps. Is there a way to overlay another template on the map? I would like to be able to go out and drive the edges of different management areas and overlay those recorded bound…

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## [Rate Control sk21 for electric seeder](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/rate-control-sk21-for-electric-seeder/17836)

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**Author:** [@RodB](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/RodB)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [3 November 2024 09:10 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/rate-control-sk21-for-electric-seeder/17836 "2024-11-03T09:10:27Z")

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Hi! I would like to convert my mechanical seeder into an electric seeder. The distribution would be done via a 12V DC electric motor. I see a lot of setups for sprayers, so I’m wondering if it’s possible… Could this w…

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## [Boundary issue](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/boundary-issue/17814)

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**Author:** [@GVFarmer](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/GVFarmer)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [30 October 2024 17:19 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/boundary-issue/17814 "2024-10-30T17:19:07Z")

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I’m not exactly sure if I should call this a bug but I’ll explain. A lot of towed implements that I use have relatively long hitches. If I paint my outside headland pass and create a boundary from it, then create a bound…

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## [Web cam underlay](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/web-cam-underlay/17735)

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**Author:** [@davidroberts30](https://discourse.agopengps.com/u/davidroberts30)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [14 October 2024 10:05 UTC](https://discourse.agopengps.com/t/web-cam-underlay/17735 "2024-10-14T10:05:43Z")

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maybe an idea to have the webcam images as the background under the agopen program when your using the camera? i know it would be accurate enough for me as i use a camera in the seed hopper

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