Article: Global Positioning Systems to Settle Manatee County, Fla., Citrus Trees' Fate.

By Richard Dymond, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 22--Should Manatee County suffer another citrus canker outbreak, state workers will measure the affected area differently from in the past.

They will use hand-held global positioning systems to measure the 1,900-foot arc around affected trees, the area in which all citrus must be destroyed to contain the canker bacteria.

Previously, state workers relied on a computer program generated from county tax records, a Florida Department of Agriculture citrus worker said Monday.

The change in measuring stems from a ruling by Broward County Circuit ...

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