Mobile mapping system Rock

Overview
TerraClear’s AI-powered Rock Management solution turns high-resolution aerial imagery into precise, field-ready rock maps that reveal pickable stones, reduce picking time, and protect equipment. Farmers using TerraClear report identifying up to 3x more rocks and spending up to 80% less time picking.

Key benefits

• AI-powered rock detection and mapping to find more pickable rocks
• Significant time savings: use maps to pick faster and more efficiently
• Protects equipment by reducing missed rocks and surprises in the field
• Shareable rock maps for staff coordination and remote monitoring

What the system provides

• Full-field, high-resolution imagery (1.5 mm GSD) providing extremely detailed coverage
• AI-generated rock maps that identify rock size and location
• Real rock photos: tap detected rocks to view actual photos and confirm picks
• Centimetre-level GPS coordinates for each detected rock
• Filtering by rock size so crews only target the rocks you want to pick

Imagery to action — four-step workflow

• Full field high-res imagery capture
• AI-generated rock map identifying rock size and location
• Optimized picking: find 3x more rocks and pick faster using the map
• Full-field tracking via the mobile app to record which rocks have been removed

App and operational features

• Mobile app support for live position, heading, and tracking while picking
• Smart route guidance: toggle intelligent route suggestions on/off
• Custom start and end markers to control route entry and exit points
• Connects with multiple third-party GPS devices to improve execution and accuracy
• Live tracking so you can see covered ground and removed rocks for self-tracking or remote labor monitoring

Performance & detection
TerraClear’s system is trained on hundreds of thousands of rock images and uses computer vision to reliably detect and map rocks 20 cm and larger with centimetre-level GPS accuracy. The service works where rocks are visible from the air — after harvest and tillage, after snow melt, or once crops have emerged, provided rocks are not covered.

Frequently asked points

• When to map: any time rocks are visible from the air (post-harvest/tillage, after snow melt, or after emergence)
• Suitable field conditions: works with stubble, residue, or emerged crops where rocks are visible
• How it works: high-resolution aerial imagery + AI/computer vision to detect and map rocks down to 20 cm

Technical specifications

• Detection size threshold: reliably detects and maps rocks 20 cm and larger
• Imagery resolution: 1.5 mm GSD (very high-resolution aerial imagery)
• GPS accuracy: centimetre-level coordinates for rock locations; supports external GPS sources for sub-1-meter performance
• AI training: model trained on hundreds of thousands of rock images
• Reported field results: farmers report ~3x more rocks identified and up to 80% reduction in picking time
• Mobile features: live position & heading, live tracking, smart route guidance, custom start/end, rock photo inspection
• Integration: connects to multiple third-party GPS devices
• Platform availability: mobile app support for common app stores (mobile execution and tracking)