Digital Solution
WxOutside

country New Zealand

Developed by WxAdvisory Limited., WxOutside is a sensors, web dashboard and mobile app based solution for forecasting soil moisture and temperature. It can detect irrigation, handle unexpected weather events with ease, identify the field capacity and wilting point, and is accurate to within 99.5% of the final reading. The main features of solution include 1) Forecasting: WxOutside takes sensor data and weather forecasts, and models how the soil has responded in the past 2) Integration: Soil behaviour is then converted into a forecast, and returned to the irrigation controller 3) Irrigation: The irrigation controller then cancels or proceeds with planned irrigation.

Digital Solution (DS) Category

Digital Agriculture

Digital Solution Type (sub-category)

IoT/Sensor controlled water management, Weather forecasting, Farm advisory services

Delivery type (format)

Internet of Things / sensors

Mobile app

Web based platform

DS supplier-user category

Business to business

Business to consumers

Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)

Agribusiness / private company

Name of supplier/developer

WxAdvisory Limited.

Primary Users

Farmers , Agribusiness / private company

Digital Solution Development Stage

Commercial stage (broad use use locally)

Number of users or subscribers

Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience

6723720 TELEMETRY READINGS MADE 6716610 FORECASTS PROVIDED 6712009 WEATHER QUESTIONS ANSWERED 6719509 TWITTER ALERTS SENT Source: Developer website.

Digital Solution Geographic scope

All over New Zealand

Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed

On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)

Main DS webpage

Other useful link

DS links to Government programmes, initiatives, and projects

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