Agriculture, IT and Technical Writing

农业、信息技术和技术写作

2020-04-28 23:10 clickhelp

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Agriculture was the key element in the development of our entire civilization. It started thousands of years ago with gathering wild grains and later planting them. A lot of significant inventions were happening around agriculture and that enabled countries to grow and prosper. And up till this day, we feed on the same basic things. Since it plays such a big role in the modern world, too, agriculture is one of the most high-tech industries with constant demand for innovations. One of the reasons for such demand is the new challenges arising repeatedly for agriculture, and the industry has no other choice but to keep up. Let me state a simple truth - if there’s technology, there’s technical writing. If we take a look at the pace with which the new technologies emerge and need to be adopted by the industry, it is easy to see how agriculture needs professional technical communicators to leverage this process. So, what are the challenges of modern agriculture and how do the innovations fit in? Here are the challenges: Workers’ safety Environment protection Safer goods of better quality Increased productivity Efficient usage of resources These are some of the key points a modern farmer should keep in mind. Well, not just keep in mind, but rather act on them. This creates a flood of information. Naturally, using new technology in any industry has a lot of benefits, but often finding answers for all the challenges is difficult. While marketing needs to make sure that the right tool gets the attention of a farmer or farming company, technical writers become responsible for something equally important - adoption. Agriculture needs techcomm experts! Let’s take a look at technologies that made their way into modern agriculture. If you would like to become a tech writer in this field (no pun intended), the chances are high that you will be working on creating user manuals for some of them: Drones/Satellites Drones and satellites are used a lot in agriculture. Crop health monitoring is done using image analysis - this technology detects light waves of different length to do the calculations. Imagery can be used for yield monitoring and forecasting. This information can help plan harvesting and fertilizing. Hyperspectral cameras can be attached to drones and tiny satellites to help control pests and weeds. These cameras have software tailored to farmers’ needs. Sensors Another broadly used technology. Sensors can be attached to machinery and this can help determine moisture, grain yield, and many other parameters. Other types of sensors are used to analyze soil and water: salinity, nutrients, texture, pesticides. Mobile Devices Mobile devices as phones and tablets are used by farm workers as an alternative to drones, or simply in addition to them. Equipped with farm management software, these gadgets help monitor things like pests and weeds activity. Also, it helps avoid paperwork since all the data gets stored in an app. Data Management Software We have already mentioned that some devices come with software out-of-the-box. However, there are many general solutions that help store and process data received from multiple sources. Conclusion A lot of user manuals are yet to be written in agriculture! This is a great industry to pursue a career in technical writing. Agriculture has accompanied us for thousands of years and it will keep on doing this going forward. Good luck with your technical writing! ClickHelp Team Author, host and deliver documentation across platforms and devices
农业是人类整个文明发展历程中的关键因素, 始于数千年前人们采集野生谷物,随后人类开始人工种植。 许多重大的发明都与农业相关,这些发明使得各国得以发展与繁荣。 直到今天,我们还吃着和过去一样的主食。 由于农业在现代社会中仍扮演着如此重要的角色,因此,农业是最需要不断创新的高科技产业之一。 其中一个原因是农业面临着不断出现的新挑战,除了紧跟变化,别无选择。 道理很简单——有技术,就有技术写作。 如果我们观察新技术的出现速度和被业界所需要采用的速度,很容易看出农业如何需要专业技术传播者来利用这一进程。 那么,现代农业面临哪些挑战,如何与创新相契合? 以下是各项挑战: 工人安全 环境保护 更高质量、更安全的产品 提高生产率 高效利用资源 以上是现代农民应该牢记的一些要点。 不仅要记住,而且要付诸行动。 这就产生了大量的信息。 当然,在任何行业中使用新技术都有很多好处,但要找到应对所有挑战的答案往往很困难。 市场营销需要确保使用正确的工具来吸引农民或农业公司的关注,而技术写作专家则要负责同样重要的任务——采用。 农业需要技术专家! 让我们来看看那些现代农业所使用的技术。 如果你想成为这个领域的科技写作专家(字面意思),你很有可能会为该领域的一些人创建用户手册。 无人机/卫星 农业大量使用无人机和卫星。 通过图像分析来完成作物健康监测——这种技术通过检测不同长度的光波来进行计算。 图像可用于产量监控和预测。 这些信息可以帮助农民计划作物收割与施肥。 高光谱相机可以安装在无人机和微小卫星上,帮助控制害虫和杂草数量。 这些摄像头安装了根据农民需求量身定制的软件。 传感器 是另一种广泛使用的技术。 传感器可以连接到机器上,帮助确定水分、粮食产量和许多其他参数。 其他类型的传感器可用于分析土壤和水的盐度、养分、质地、杀虫剂含量。 移动设备 农场工人使用移动电话,平板电脑等移动设备替代无人机,或仅将其作为无人机的补充设备。 这些设备配备了农场管理软件,可以帮助监控害虫和杂草。 此外,它还有助于减少文书工作,因为所有的数据都存储在一个应用程序中。 数据管理软件 我们已经提到过有些设备附带了开箱即用的软件。 但是,有许多通用解决方案可以帮助存储并处理从多个渠道接收的数据。 结论 农业领域还有很多用户手册有待完成! 对于追求职业技术写作事业的人来说,这是一个绝佳的行业。 农业已经伴随了我们数千年,它将继续向前发展。 祝您技术写作好运! ClickHelp 小组 跨平台和设备编写、托管和交付文档

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