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How to geolocate your producer plots for EUDR compliance: a practical guide for cooperatives

EUDR requires GPS polygons for producer plots — not just points. This practical guide covers three approaches for georeferencing 200–2,000 smallholder plots, the required formats, and how to generate a compliant DDS.

Equipo Terralyr·Inteligencia GeoespacialJuly 24, 20267 min read

Plot-level geolocation is the first technical hurdle for coffee and cacao cooperatives under EUDR. The regulation requires polygon boundaries for each producer's plot — not just GPS points. This guide covers three practical approaches, the accepted formats, and how Terralyr automates the deforestation verification step once you have the data.

The three approaches: mobile field app (technician walks the perimeter, ±3m accuracy), satellite image digitization (draw polygons on Google Earth, ±10-30m), and rural cadastre import (if MIDAGRI or regional government data is available). All outputs must be in WGS84 (EPSG:4326). Terralyr auto-detects and reprojects UTM coordinates common in Peru.

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