EUDR GeoJSON errors and how to fix them

1. Plots in the wrong place

Symptom: plots appear in the sea, in another country, or mirrored across the equator.
Cause: latitude and longitude swapped, or a minus sign missing.
Fix: correct the spreadsheet and re-import. See coordinate order and minus signs.

2. Coordinates in metres

Symptom: numbers like 385412 or 590230 instead of values between −180 and 180.
Cause: the file was exported in a projected system such as UTM.
Fix: re-export from your GIS in WGS84 (EPSG:4326). This cannot be guessed safely, so the validator reports it rather than fixing it.

3. Polygon lines that cross

Symptom: a plot shaped like a figure eight or a bow tie.
Cause: corners recorded out of order, for example when walking back and forth along a boundary.
Fix: redraw the plot on the map, or drag the corners into the right order. The validator marks the crossing.

4. Unclosed or too-small polygons

Cause: the last corner is not identical to the first, or the polygon has fewer than three distinct corners.
Fix: closing the ring is fixed automatically. A polygon with fewer than three corners should be redrawn or turned into a point.

5. Holes inside polygons

Cause: the polygon has an inner ring, for example to cut out a house or a pond.
Fix: holes are not supported in EUDR files. The validator removes them. If the excluded area matters, map the productive areas as separate plots.

6. Lines instead of polygons

Cause: the boundary was drawn as a path (LineString) in Google Earth or a GPS app.
Fix: the validator closes a line into a polygon. Check the result on the map.

7. Area written as text

Cause: "Area": "3.5" instead of "Area": 3.5, or a unit inside the value such as "3.5 ha".
Fix: the Area must be a number of hectares. Text that is a plain number is converted automatically.

8. Wrong property names

Cause: productionplace, Producer_Name or similar. Property names are case-sensitive: ProducerName, ProducerCountry, ProductionPlace, Area.
Fix: the case is corrected automatically.

9. Country written as a name

Cause: "Côte d'Ivoire" or "Brasil" instead of a two-letter ISO code.
Fix: use codes such as CI, BR, ID, VN, CO, GH. Invalid codes are reported.

10. Points for large plots

Cause: a point with an Area above 4 hectares.
Fix: draw the boundary as a polygon. See the 4-hectare rule.

Still rejected?

Send us the exact error message from the EU system (and, if you can, a sample file with names removed) at [email protected]. We add new checks to the validator based on real error reports.

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