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Second, in the local plane coordinate system, a route generation method based on subregion is proposed; therefore, multiple routes can be generated with different initial heading angles. Lastly, the optimal route and the best initial heading angle can be obtained after the comparison according to the three evaluation criteria: number of turns, route distance, and pesticide waste rate. The simulation results show that, compared with the common grid method, the route generation method based on subregion reduces the route distance and pesticide waste rate by 2.27% and 13.75%, respectively. Furthermore, it also shows that, compared with the route generated by the initial heading angle of 0\u00b0, the optimal route reduces the number of turns, route distance, and pesticide waste rate by 60%, 17.65%, and 38.18%, respectively. 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