Greenhouse zones

A greenhouse zone record contains boundary geometry, survey date, area and a link to a field. The field anchor lets a manager compare a mapped area with the crop cycles and field work recorded against that place. The zone is a surveyed boundary record; it is useful when people need a shared spatial reference for work or review.

Start with the field identity the team already uses. A surveyor should confirm the selected field before recording the shape. A copied boundary attached to the wrong field can send the team to the wrong growing area even when the geometry itself looks plausible.

• Identify. Choose the field that owns the surveyed area.
• Capture. Record the boundary geometry, survey date and measured area.
• Review. Compare the zone’s field and area with the physical location before relying on it.

The zone record stores boundary geometry. Survey dates and area measurements belong with the shape, so a later revision can be understood in context. The manager can review surveyed zones alongside the field record’s area and location, while keeping the two area measurements distinct.

Agree how a physical greenhouse, bed or growing area maps to field records before surveying zones. The current field record supplies a name, code, location, area and availability status. Choose a consistent granularity so a zone does not refer to an entire site one day and a small plot the next. Decide who checks geometry and area before it becomes the team’s reference.

For imports or capture requests, establish a source identity and repeat-safe operation key in the integration design. Check the linked field, actor identity, geometry, survey date, area, unit and request identity before accepting data from an external capture source.

A field surveyor prepares a new mapped area for a named field. They verify the field code and location, collect the boundary geometry and survey date, and record the measured area. The greenhouse manager compares that area with the field’s broader area and confirms the zone is attached to the intended field. The next crop cycle uses the field link; growers can review the zone when coordinating work in that growing area.

Repeat with a boundary whose field reference is wrong. The surveyor corrects the field selection before the record is used. A second capture of the same source operation should be treated as the same operation during integration setup, so retries do not create extra zones.

• Surveyed greenhouse zones — Review mapped shapes, dates, areas and their fields.
• Available fields — Check field names, codes and location before a new survey.
• Active crop cycles — See current planting work associated with the linked fields.

Review zone capture and the data model before importing existing maps.