FAQ's

Aerial maps with imagery include detail from the landscape. This imagery will vary depending on the service you have requested. 

See Draft Only Service

Drone & Draft Service

Non-Imagery maps are simply your farm's drafted details with the imagery removed. The effective areas remain with a white background and other features such as bush and unproductive scrub/ waste areas are colour coded as a point of reference.

PDF and Shapefile.

We can also provide AIX, BMP, EMF, EPS, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, SVGZ, TGA or TIFF on request.

We work closely with you during our quality assurance and revision stages to ensure your map is accurate and meets your requirements.

By providing us with all necessary details at the beginning of the process this will speed the process up for you and reduce the number of revisions required.

The next step will depend on what service you have requested.

See Draft Only Service

See Drone & Draft Service

We have two farm mapping options; 'Draft Only' and 'Drone & Draft'.

Our 'Draft Only Service' includes using publicly available imagery to create maps and does not require UAV (drone) technology or a site visit. 

Our 'Drone and Draft Service'  includes a site visit from one of our Field Technicians to capture aerial imagery of your farm using UAV (drone) technology.

Publicly available imagery can range from two to seven years old depending on your geographical region.

Although publicly available imagery can be a few years old, our experienced team will draft changes on your landscape to ensure you receive an accurate and up to date map.

Certainly, we convert map files for soil nutrient providers and farm machine software regularly.

If you have already mapped your farm with us then get in touch with your farm address, contact details and the type of file (or the programme you need it for). There is no extra charge for this service. 

If you need to map your farm please request this option as part of your quote request.

You may be able to edit your map file through your soil nutrient provider account (such as Ballance or Ravensdown).

Otherwise you would need to download drafting software and request the relevant file type from us. 

In most cases, our orchard mapping service includes a site visit where we capture aerial imagery with a drone.

Our mapping team will be in touch to organise a site visit and survey of your orchard.

PDF and Shapefile.

We can also provide AIX, BMP, EMF, EPS, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, SVGZ, TGA or TIFF on request.

Our surveyors will arrive on your property on a day organised directly with you. We do recommend that you meet us on-site during the survey to discuss any structural, block split, block name or other changes. However your attendance is not essential.

Our team will walk (or drive if better suited) around your orchard to complete the survey taking GPS points and GCP control points (these are spray painted into the grass). They will then fly a drone to gather aerial imagery of your orchard. 

Survey grade RTK (real time kinematics) GPS units and drones that provide highly precise topographic surveys.

We work closely with you during our quality assurance and revision stages to ensure your map is accurate and meets your requirements.

Providing us with the necessary detail at the beginning of the quality assurance stage will help reduce the number of revisions needed.