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Areas are drawn polygons that have area. In general, the utility of the polygon is tied to its size. Examples of areas include fields, natural areas, residences, barns, greenhouses, etc.
Lines are drawn, multi-point segments that don’t form a closed polygon. In general, lines don’t have an area (such as with fences) or their area is relatively uniform and based on the direction of the line (such as with creeks or buffer areas). Examples of lines are: fences, creeks, roads, and footpaths
Points on the other hand are coordinates that are dropped on the map. For all intents and purposes, they don’t have an “area” per se, but rather provide a service based on their location. Examples of structures include water valves and gates
For each of the location types, please refer to Display patterns to understand how they’ll be built, per the description in “Available Views” in the below tables.
Areas
For our Spring 2021 release, the following areas will be supported:
Area type | Attributes | Other notes | Available Views and actions |
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Farm site boundary |
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| Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks or crops reference this field), reestablish |
Field |
| Total area and perimeter should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. Organic status: {“Non-organic” (default), “Transitional”, “Organic”) Transition date only shown if transitional chosen. | Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks or crops reference this field), reestablish |
Garden |
| Total area and perimeter should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. Organic status: {“Non-organic” (default), “Transitional”, “Organic”) Transition date only shown if transitional chosen. | Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks or crops reference this field), reestablish |
Barn |
| Total area should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. Both enums have the following values: {““, “No”, “Yes”} | Hybrid:
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* Not in current scope - just an FYI ** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks reference this location), reestablish | |||
Greenhouse |
| Total area should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. Organic status: {“Non-organic” (default), “Transitional”, “Organic”) Transition date only shown if transitional or organic are chosen. | Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks or crops reference this location), reestablish |
Natural area |
| Total area and perimeter should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. | Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks reference this location), reestablish |
Surface water |
| Total area and perimeter should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user.
| Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks reference this location), reestablish |
Residence |
| Total area should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. | Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks reference this location), reestablish |
Ceremonial area |
| Total area and perimeter should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. | Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks reference this location), reestablish |
Proposed Area Types
Area type | Attributes | Other notes | Available Views and actions |
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Custom |
If crop-enabled:
| Total area should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. Organic status: {“Non-organic” (default), “Transitional”, “Organic”) Transition date only shown if transitional or organic are chosen. | If crop-enabled, Hybrid:
Otherwise, just Detail** ** including edit, retire |
Lines
For our Spring 2021 release, the following lines will be supported:
Line type | Attributes | Other notes | Available Views |
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Fence |
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| Length should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. Fences that are pressure treated need to be declared for organic certifications. Only shown for organic certification. Options: {““, “Yes”, “No”} | Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks reference this location), reestablish |
Watercourse |
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| Length should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. Used for irrigation: {““, “Yes”, “No”} |
Includes riparian buffer: {““, “Yes”, “No”}
Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks reference this location), reestablish |
Buffer zone |
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| Total area and perimeter should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. Width is required. Standard is 8 meters for separation of organic and non-organic areas - though there are many reasons it can be less. Must be modifiable. | Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks or crops reference this location), reestablish |
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| Length should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. Type: {“Earthen” (default), “Gravel”, “Paved”} | Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks reference this location), reestablish |
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| Length should be pre-populated by the maps API, but modifiable by the user. Type: {“Earthen” (default), “Gravel”, “Paved”} | Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks reference this location), reestablish |
Points
For our Spring 2021 release, the following points will be supported:
Point type | Attributes | Other notes | Available Views |
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Water valve |
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| Water source: {“Municipal water” (default), “Surface water”, “Groundwater”, “Rain water”} Flow rate unit is based on the users measurement preference. For metric: l/min, l/hour (default) For imperial: g/min (default), g/hour | Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks reference this location), reestablish | |
Gate |
| Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks reference this location) |
, reestablish | |||
Sensor |
| See Sensors | Hybrid:
** including edit, retire (only if no incomplete tasks reference this location), reestablish |
Transitioning from legacy fields to areas, lines, and points
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