The new capability, which will come online later in the month, will give users access to current and historical results from any site selected when they click on its location tab on the map.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) manager gene discovery, Dr Juan Juttner, said the link through Google Maps would make it easier for growers to access NVT information relevant to them.

“(It) will enhance access to NVT information and related GRDC farming systems projects, further assisting growers and advisers in their crop variety decision-making processes,” Dr Juttner said.

NVT manager Alan Bedggood said the Google Maps capability was designed to make it easier for farmers and advisers to locate and access results from the trial sites they considered most relevant.

“The value placed on the NVT system is clearly evident from the use of trial results in state sowing guides and commercial brochures and by advisers copying and distributing these to clients to assist in variety selection and management decisions,” Mr Bedggood said.

“The program features a filter bar that can be used to select only trials containing the crop of interest and the five trial sites closest to any given postcode.”

“Clicking on one of the resulting tabs will provide access to current and long-term results for that site plus agronomic and management information through links to crop-specific information.

“Checking other trial sites is as simple as dragging the map across until the relevant area is on screen then clicking on the tab of interest.”