Standardising Field Boundaries Across National Registries: A Technical Note on Reconciliation Rules

Authors

  • Femmie Hoogeveen Department of Agricultural Informatics, Westerkwartier Centre for Digital Agriculture, Leek, Netherlands Author
  • Doris Brostrom Department of Geospatial Science, Vastergotland Centre for Digital Agriculture, Skara, Sweden Author
  • Ceslovas Abromaitis Centre for Agricultural Policy, Zemaitija Institute of Agro-Informatics, Telsiai, Lithuania Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22665650

Keywords:

Standardising Field Boundaries Across National Registries; Agro-informatics; Precision agriculture; Evidence synthesis; On-farm technology

Abstract

There is real interest in standardising field boundaries across national registries right now, and real uncertainty about exactly
where it delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for standardising field boundaries across national
registries, covering the methodological, practical, governance and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely
settled and where farms and advisors are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks
better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2026-06-30