About MapShots

MapShots is no stranger to data management in agriculture, as most of the MapShots team has spent their entire lifetime working in agriculture. Ted Macy, President of MapShots and his wife Nancy grew up on farm operations in Indiana. It was as a freshman at Purdue University that Ted's vision of ag data management was born. Ted earned a Masters degree in Ag Mechanization in 1980, and subsequently returned to the Indiana family farm where he remained for 10 years, growing the operation to 2000 acres. It was here on the farm in Richmond, Indiana where he grew his precision farming roots.

Realizing his passion was the technology not the agronomy; he started a company (Applications Mapping, Inc.) with a major soil testing firm in Frankfort, IL in 1992. Applications Mapping, Inc. developed the AgLink software that grew to become one of the most widely used precision ag software packages in the industry. In 1993, John Deere purchased Applications Mapping and in 1995 moved everyone (all 4 employees) to Roswell, GA to be merged with the AGRIS Corporation. While at AGRIS, Ted continued the development of AgLink and also worked on several advanced data management projects for Deere & Co. In 1999 Ted realized he missed the flexibility of a small company, and left AGRIS Corporation to form MapShots with his wife Nancy.

In September 2000, Tim Taylor joined MapShots as the Director of Corporate Solutions, responsible for the business relationships MapShots has with its corporate clients, such as John Deere AMS, Pioneer Hi-Bred, and Southern States Cooperative. Tim also has spent his lifetime in the agriculture industry. With a degree in Agricultural Engineering Technology, Tim has spent the last 25 years working both in the agribusiness industry and being directly involved in production agriculture. Early in his career, he was involved in the design of advanced hydraulic control systems for the agricultural equipment industry. Later he spent 14 years managing a 1800-acre farming operation. It was during this time he met Ted and Nancy Macy and became a valued Applications Mapping customer. Subsequently, Tim left the farm operation to join the Macy’s at AGRIS Corporation, where he filled a variety of Sales and Marketing roles. These experiences afford Tim a unique perspective when working with MapShots clients.

In January of 2001, MapShots acquired the EASi brand of grower software products from Charley Engelhardt in Steeleville, Illinois. In 1982, Charley Engelhardt, a 25-year veteran in the Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, believed that computers and software were to become an important part of the modern farming operation, and formed Engelhardt Agri-Services. In the early 1990’s Charley, looking at software available for crop record keeping, decided there needed to be an easy to use, yet comprehensive, software program for crop records. He created EASi Crops, which developed into the Windows-based EASi Crops Professional series. EASi Planner, created in 1997, added a crop-planning dimension and EASi Map, developed by MapShots provided GIS capabilities to EASi Crops. Charley is now the Director of Growers Solutions for MapShots.

Today, MapShots provides the agricultural industry with the EASi Suite brand of crop management software. EASi Suite Farm Edition is used across the nation by progressive growers who want to maximize their use of agronomic management information. EASi Suite Professional is used by both crop consultants and crop input retailers to provide crop planning and nutrient management planning services to their farm clients.

MapShots is committed to advancing the state of agricultural information systems through the hiring of talented, dedicated people and the continued development of open architecture usable software tools. Therefore, in addition to this nucleus of talented, seasoned professional, MapShots retains the services of other professional developers, testers, industry specialists, writers, and support staff to ensure that the enhancements, upgrades, and new products continue to meet the ever-growing needs of the ag industry.