Planva maps field boundaries and schedules work on those same fields. The boundary is the object. Scouting, treatments, and machinery attach to it.
A map without tasks is a picture. A task list without boundaries is a spreadsheet. What you want is a named field, an area, an owner, a deadline, and the satellite or scouting evidence that created the work.
What field mapping has to carry
- Boundaries and names. Imported from Cropwise, ExactFarming, shapefiles, or drawn on the map.
- Area and crop. For the current season, with rotation still attached.
- History. Operations and imagery on the same object, not a second database.
- Machinery tracks. Against the same polygons the agronomist already uses.
How scheduling sits on those boundaries
- Season plan. Operations are planned per field, not as a farm-wide calendar note.
- Plan versus actual. Completed work is compared with the plan on the same boundary.
- Weather-aware dates. A field-level forecast can move a spray after rain instead of leaving it on the original day.
- Scout tasks. Anomaly polygons become inspections with a person and a deadline.
Who should not buy
Do not buy Planva if you only need a one-off cadastral drawing. Do not buy if tasks will keep living in a messenger that nobody attaches to a field. This is for teams that will work the map every week.