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Drawing a New Field

  1. Select Create Fields bottom right corner of the Map page, and Select "Create New Field"

  2. A Client and Farm can be selected from the existing list by choosing the dropdown arrow, or you can add a new Client and Farm by clicking in the row and entering a new name. Once a Client and Farm are selected, enter the name of the new Field by click in the field name row. Once client, farm, and field are entered, click Create.

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    **Note: Client, Farm, and Field name must be entered before continuing

  3. To begin drawing a new boundary, select New Boundary on the right and select Draw new boundary.

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  4. Click on the map to begin dropping points along the edge of the boundary. Once the boundary is completed, click on the original point to save the boundary.

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     **Note: If a mistake is made while drawing the boundary, it can be edited once it's created (See below)

Boundary Editing

Adjust Boundary

To edit the boundary, ensure you are on the Boundary tab of the activity editing page

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To edit an existing boundary, click the boundary on the map that you are choosing to edit. You will see the boundary vertices around the edge of the field appear.

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Click and drag a point to adjust the boundary. Moving a point will generate a new point between the two that can also be adjusted. Once finished, click outside of the boundary on the map to complete changes, the click Save Changes in the lower right corner.

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Add Boundary

To add additional boundaries in the same field, select New Boundary in the boundary edit menu. This will open a menu of options to create a new boundary for the field.

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  • Draw: Dropping boundary vertices by clicking on the map to create a boundary polygon (see below)
  • Drive: Use the mobile device GPS location and a field vehicle to draw a boundary line around a field by driving the perimeter
  • Upload: Import a shapefile of an existing boundary
  • Reference Layers: Copy a boundary from a reference layer that is saved in the Map Layer menu
  • Activity Boundaries: Copy a boundary from a previous sampling activity
  • Zone Perimeter: Use the perimeter of a zone sampling file in the current activity to create a field boundary
  • Target Bounds: Use the perimeter of a target point sampling file in the current activity to create a field boundary

Below is an example of drawing an additional boundary into an existing field and activity. Once the additional boundary is created, click Save Changes

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Delete Boundary

To delete boundary polygons, select Remove Boundaries in the edit boundary menu. Tap on the polygon you want to remove. Press Stop in the lower left corner to exit boundary removal mode.

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Selecting Clear all Boundaries will remove all boundaries for the field, as well as zones are target points. If a boundary is unintentionally deleted, it can be restored by clicking Undo.

Snip into Boundary

To cut into an existing boundary file (such as to cut out a waterway), select Cut Boundary in the edit boundary menu, and then Draw New Cut. 

Note: There is also an option to drive a new cut by using GPS location from your mobile device

Tap on the map to draw the shape you want to cut out. 

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When finished making changes, click Save Changes

Once the boundary is created for the field, you can add sample zones and target points before sampling. Reference this article for more information on zone and point creation: Editing Fields