Outlining your fields, beds, enclosures, and buildings is a great way to see an overview of your property. Many Farmbrite users enjoy this feature, as it provides an opportunity to look at your property from a different vantage point, sparking new ideas for field and crop layout which may lead to improved efficiencies in land use. Beyond giving you a bird's eye view, mapping your farm will also enable automatic calculations of estimated plant counts, which then factors into your estimated harvest revenue.
Mapping your Farm - Start with this article, as it goes over much of the information in the video above. If you prefer to read and watch to follow along, open this article and Farmbrite at the same time, and start mapping your location!
Changing Your Default Map Location - Your business address might not match your farm location. If you have an office or PO Box that isn't on your farm, you can default your location map to anywhere you would like. This is also helpful if you have multiple locations and want the map to default to one of them. Bonus: you can bypass setting a default location and have the map always load your current physical location ( based on your device's GPS data) too!
Importing Your Map - If you have all of your map coordinates in an existing GIS software, you may be able to export it from there and upload it to Farmbrite. We'll provide a template and show you some examples here too.
Editing Your Map - If your boundaries change or you rethink your beds and plots, you can always make updates to your mapped locations as well.
Filtering Your Map - The Map can be filtered to only show you specific types, like maybe all of your irrigation lines, animal enclosures, or buffer zones.