In the ‘Part 2 – Foundational Mapping’ section on the ‘Outline’ page, click on the Boundaries icon to draw the overall property outline on the plan
In the page you will have the ability to create your farm boundary.
To do this click the ‘Boundries’ button to start drawing your farm outline.
Use the zoom function to centre the map on the area (note: click the ICON first then use Zoom)
It’s possible to draw a “rough” boundary and then use the “Edit Item” checkbox on the map to refine the shape.
An alert will appear explaining how to save your modified boundary once finished.
Once the boundary has been drawn (rough or fine) use the Zoom function on the map to work out what is best to show the entire farm on the map. Now use the Farm Centre icon to put a pin in the approximate centre of the farm.
The distance that you leave your zoom at is what will be saved once pressing the save button.
Additional Functions:
Large Farm – where farms are very large (several hundred hectares or more), or multi enterprise, it is possible to use the “Large Farm” function. This allows the map to zoom into certain parts at a time instead of showing the entire farm from a very high altitude
Outline Items – if multiple boundaries exist, which are not completely separate, use the checkbox “IS THIS THE WHOLE FARM OUTLINE?” to mark which outline is the main outline (this is very rare)
Map Import:
Map import tool for your Boundary can be found under the FWFP drop down menu.
The QCONZ FWFP tool has inbuilt functionality allowing the import of .kml file types. Once uploaded the contents of the file are displayed in a list underneath on the right side in section SHAPES LIST.
Items are categorised as per what may have existed from the source file and displayed on the map.
De-select any items that you don’t wish to import (at this step it is possible to do multiple imports) then click SAVE.
The system will prompt with a summary of the items selected to import and the choice of where in the system to import them to.
Only matching “types” can be imported for items e.g. Land Units are “shapes” so only a shape can be imported as a Land unit. Similarly, a waterway is a line, so can only import a line. For the Farm Boundary we just need an outline shape or shapes that make up the farm.
NOTE: Importing maps for properties with multiple layers, or non-contiguous land units, can be quite involved. In these cases, it is worthwhile preparing a plan, doing several separate imports, and checking the various pages. QCONZ Support can help with importing (usual hourly rates apply).