How to create an EUDR GeoJSON file

Before you start: what you need

• Where each plot is. A village name, a GPS reading, a sketch, or a file from another mapping app.
• The producer's name and country for each plot (optional for the file, but useful for your records).
• Roughly how big each plot is. Plots over 4 hectares need a full boundary (polygon); smaller plots can be a single point. See the 4-hectare rule.

Route 1: draw plots on the satellite map

Best when you know where the farm is and can recognise it on a satellite image.

1. Find the plot. Type a place name in the search box, or paste coordinates such as 6.8276, -5.2893. Zoom in until field edges are clear.
2. Draw it. Press Draw boundary and click each corner. Click the first corner again, or press Finish. For a small plot, Add point is enough.
3. Name it. In the Plots tab, enter the plot name (written to the file as ProductionPlace), the producer and the country.
4. Repeat for every plot. They all go into the same file.
5. Export. Open Export, choose EUDR GeoJSON and download.

Route 2: from GPS points in a spreadsheet

Best for cooperatives whose field staff recorded GPS readings on phones or handheld units.

1. Put the data in columns: plot_id, latitude, longitude, and optionally producer, country, area_ha. For a polygon, use one row per corner with the same plot_id; for a point, one row.
2. Save as CSV (in Excel: File → Save As → CSV UTF-8).
3. Import the CSV in the Import tab. Each plot_id becomes one plot.
4. Look at every plot on the map. A plot in the sea or on the wrong continent usually means latitude and longitude are swapped or a minus sign is missing.
5. Export as EUDR GeoJSON.

Route 3: from Google Earth, KML or Shapefile

If plots were already drawn in Google Earth, Google My Maps, QGIS or a field app, import the KML, KMZ, GPX, GeoJSON or zipped Shapefile in the Import tab, add any missing details and export. The KML to EUDR guide walks through it.

Check before you upload

Each plot shows a coloured dot: green passes the checks, red needs fixing. The tool checks the points in the EU GeoJSON File Description:

• Coordinates in WGS84 latitude/longitude with six decimals (details).
• Polygons closed, with at least three corners and no crossing lines.
• No holes inside polygons.
• Points used only for plots of 4 ha or less.
• Area written as a number of hectares.

Got a file from someone else? Run it through the EUDR GeoJSON validator first. If the EU system still rejects it, see common errors and fixes.

Uploading the file

The GeoJSON file is attached to the due diligence statement in the EU Information System (TRACES). One file can hold all the plots for a statement. Keep a copy of every file you submit; DrawMyPlot stores plots only in your browser.

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