Do more with your map

Get the most out of your fieldmargin map with more advanced functionality

17 articles in this collection
Written by Rob, Camilla Hayselden-Ashby, and Alison Fraser

Add details to your map

Using the Measuring Tool

How to measure lines and shapes on your farm map. You can save these as fields, features or notes.

Written by Alison Fraser
Updated over a week ago

Upload shape files or KML files to create field boundaries

Written by Rob
Updated over a week ago

How to set a field usage

Written by Rob
Updated over a week ago

How to add a new field use

Written by Rob
Updated over a week ago

View field history and outstanding work on a field

See current and past usages set for a field, when work was done and the work that is coming up on a field

Written by Camilla Hayselden-Ashby
Updated over a week ago

Get directions

Get directions to a field

You can select a field that you need to travel to and get directions through google maps to it

Written by Alison Fraser
Updated over a week ago

Vehicle locations

Set up Vehicle Locations

See where your John Deere machinery is on your farm in real time with Vehicle Locations

Written by Camilla Hayselden-Ashby
Updated over a week ago

Printing your farm map

Produce a printed map of your farm

Written by Camilla Hayselden-Ashby
Updated over a week ago

Managing your map

Draw shapes for fields, features and notes by Walking or Driving

You can draw boundaries for your fields by using your phone's GPS to record your location as you walk or drive around them.

Written by Rob
Updated over a week ago

Switching your base map between satellite and road map

You can change the base map (map that is shown in the background of your farm) between Satellite imagery (photos) and different road maps.

Written by Rob
Updated over a week ago

Upload paper maps

Upload your paper farm maps to fieldmargin

Digitise maps that you have of your farm and so they can easily be referred to alongside your other farming records and be stored safely.

Written by Rob
Updated over a week ago

View your farm’s maps on your mobile device

You can view maps that you have added to your farm using Map Uploader or our DroneDeploy integration on the go with our mobile app.

Written by Camilla Hayselden-Ashby
Updated over a week ago

Farm Years

What are Farm Years and how do you change between them?

Plan field rotations and separate your work lists using Farm Years.

Written by Alison Fraser
Updated over a week ago

Setting field usages on the map

Update the usage on lots of fields in one go while viewing what you had in fields the previous year.

Written by Alison Fraser
Updated over a week ago

Sub-fields - How to divide your fields

How to edit a sub-fields

Written by Alison Fraser
Updated this week

How to set up your sub-fields

Sub-fields allow you to divide your fields up into smaller areas to record multiple crop, grazing blocks or areas that are not in use.

Written by Alison Fraser
Updated this week

A complete guide to setting up sub-fields

Sub-fields allow you to divide your fields up into smaller areas to record multiple crop, grazing blocks or areas that are not in use.

Written by Alison Fraser
Updated over a week ago