[dm2]

John Deere didn't invent the technology though, Autonomous Solutions Inc. (ASI) did. They partnered in ~2000.

http://www.asirobots.com/news/

http://www.asirobots.com/farming/

http://www.asirobots.com/products/mobius/

[mojoB]

ASI were hardly the first, and Deere had their AutoTrac system before they started working with ASI.

> The Beeline Navigator was developed in 1993 by Australian engineer, Rob Mailer. [1]

[1] http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/mac...

[nas]

You sure? Satloc was doing GPS guidance for aerial guidance for decades (crop dusting planes). They adapted it for ag guidance in the 1990s I believe. This technology has been evolving for years and saying that John Deere or some single company invented it sounds like a gross oversimplification.