Guides
Straight answers about farm maps.
The questions we get asked most, answered properly, with the sources behind them and the date the facts were last checked.
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Gross area or effective area: which number should you use?
What gets deducted, a worked paddock example, and which figure each job needs.
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Do you need a surveyor or a farm mapper?
Which job needs a licensed surveyor, which needs a map, and why title lines can be 20 m out.
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What’s actually in a farm map pack?
The PDFs, the spreadsheet, and the GeoPackage, shapefiles and KML: what each is for and what opens it.
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How old is the aerial imagery of your farm?
Region by region: when the latest public aerial photos were flown, and what it means for your map.