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A control system for controlling a vehicle system at least partly in response to an anticipated condition along the vehicle's course of travel is disclosed herein. The vehicle includes a drive train powered by an engine, and the anticipated condition may affect engine load. The control system includ

A control system for controlling a vehicle system at least partly in response to an anticipated condition along the vehicle's course of travel is disclosed herein. The vehicle includes a drive train powered by an engine, and the anticipated condition may affect engine load. The control system includes a location signal generation circuit for receiving positioning signals and generating location signals therefrom, a memory circuit for storing a predetermined geo-referenced map including map data indicative of anticipated conditions along the course of travel which may affect engine load, and a control circuit. The control circuit predicts the anticipated condition using at least the location signals and the map data, generates a control signal based at least upon the anticipated condition, and applies the control signal to the vehicle system. The prediction of the anticipated condition can be calibrated using results of a comparison between a sensed actual condition and an earlier-predicted anticipated condition. Anticipated conditions include anticipated slopes, crop conditions and soil conditions. Crop conditions can be anticipated using aerial photography. The controlled vehicle systems include speed actuators, transmissions, crop processors, energy exchangers, clutches and differential locks.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] In an agricultural working vehicle including a drive train powered by an engine for moving along a course of travel, a control system for controlling a vehicle system at least partly in response to an anticipated condition along the course of travel which will affect engi

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] In an agricultural working vehicle including a drive train powered by an engine for moving along a course of travel, a control system for controlling a vehicle system at least partly in response to an anticipated condition along the course of travel which will affect engine load, comprising:a location signal generation circuit supported by the vehicle and configured to receive positioning signals and to generate location signals therefrom which represent the current position of the vehicle;a memory circuit for storing a predetermined geo-referenced map including spatially-variable map data indicative of anticipated conditions of crop along the course of travel which will affect engine load; anda control circuit coupled to the location signal generation circuit, the memory circuit and the vehicle system, the control circuit being configured to predict the anticipated condition using at least the location signals and the map data, to generate a control signal based at least upon the anticipated condition to accommodate the affect on engine load, and to apply the control signal to the vehicle system.