App for calculating acreage

BRSnKY · Dec 22, 2020

Remember seeing here someone who had
satellite views of fields and had plotted
corners and such to calculate the size.
Anybody recommend an app for smarter-than-
me phone to do this?

ptfarmer · Dec 22, 2020

I use this, works pretty good https://www.mapdevelopers.com/area_finder.php

Russ from MN · Dec 22, 2020

My hand held GPS has that feature, just select the feature, hit start, walk or drive around any size, shape piece of property, and hit calculate.

bmack95hd · Dec 22, 2020

I think it was Grandpa Love that used one for his different hay fields

grandpa Love · Dec 22, 2020

We used this one. Worked great. Can walk it or draw it manually.

Philip d · Dec 22, 2020

Agriplot is one I used before to map/calculate size of fields. Farmsprayer app is good for spraying and spreading fertilizer.

Ldwallace · Dec 22, 2020

You are probably looking for this..
Findlotsize

Russ from MN · Dec 22, 2020

Wow, that works really well! I drew a line around the property where our cabin is, I think it's 80 acres, and it calculate 79.8! Just lucky I'm sure, as most of the property lines are wooded, but I've walked them many times.

DoubleO7 · Dec 22, 2020

Have not done it for a few years but even back then you could do it in Google Earth. Just mouse click points until the shade is the shape you want.
On Desktop or laptop computer, not tablet or phone.

Cowboy2005 · Dec 22, 2020

I use Google earth. Works well and is
pretty user friendly

Northvale PA · Dec 22, 2020

About 10 years ago, I marked the various corners of our property with old steel pipes, then put some 4” diameter PVC pipe over those, for visibility. Now, I can go to google earth and clearly see those pipes. It’s a snap to calculate area and distance using it.

Mark-Mi · Dec 22, 2020

I use a app on my smart phone called measure map. Drop some pins riding around perimeter or just drop them on the map if you wish. When you get around to where you started it will show the acres.
For a good laugh it showed the same acres on one farm to a hundredth as my renter who uses RTK.

BRSnKY · Dec 23, 2020

Thanks to all

BarnyardEngineering · Dec 23, 2020

I have an app called "Farmis Field Navigator." It's free and even has a "parallel driving" function where it plots a line on the map, shows you where you are in relation to it, and you steer the tractor to follow the line. You can set your width and everything.

It's no autosteer system and is limited to straight lines as far as I know, but it's quite impressive for a free app.

GordoSD · Dec 23, 2020

i phone "planimeter" app.

Chris in SK · Dec 23, 2020

I also use Planimeter.

J Hamilton · Dec 23, 2020

I use the same app as Grandpa love, and it works great for me.

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