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# Problem Statement
Custom spray applicators and farmers need records of weather conditions, product, and time when fields are sprayed
# Overall desires
- Lightweight and low cruft
- Works offline
- Log this information:
- Time sprayed (time in and out for event)
- Field sprayed
- Product and rate
- Other notes
- Weather data (from NOAA API is fine: https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api)
# Existing systems/problems
- https://www.thecombineforum.com/threads/any-good-spraying-record-keeping-apps.197233/
- https://www.spraydiary.net/pricing/ - $15 AUD /mo
- https://www.myagreport.com/ - $250/yr
- https://www.fulcrumapp.com/apps/spray-records/ - $468/yr
- https://farmspraypro.com/ - $495 one-time
- https://www.abcsoftware.com/solutions/abcspray/
- Expensive
- More cruft and validation than necessary
# Data to be logged
- Timestamp
- Plain text notes
- Product & rate
- Field name
- Current weather conditions
# Data format
Some options (multiple may be used, I suppose?)
1. .csv format
2. .xls format (one sheet per event?)
3. JSON/YAML/TOML/HCL/XML format
4. .pdf report
5. keep everything in a sqlite3db and allow queries / reports on it
# Data flow
## Option 1 - .csv files over Android "share" functionality
> Just attach the file with the android share functionality
## Option 2 - automatically send reports over email
> Use a passthrough email service, or hi-jack a user's email (email a file to yourself)
## Option 3 - dropbox/webDAV/etc. integration
> Automatically put reports into cloud storage