With paid version
Even more data in the Boer&Bunder app
The updated version of Boer&Bunder, a program with which you can view data on Dutch agricultural parcels, was launched by Dacom on Monday 23 October. For the first time, there is a paid version, which gives users a lot more data.
What Farmer&Bunder in the past mainly a nice 'gimmick', to see what kind of building plan the neighbor uses and how big a plot really is, now the program is taking a serious road. Crop-R, the company behind B&B, was acquired by Dacom in September 2016. They also took over from the agricultural espionage service. Version 2.0 was launched during the Dutch Design Week.
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It's not really spying. The company uses datasets from the government, which have been made publicly available by the government, which Dacom has in-house or which come from Alterra. New in Boer&Bunder 2.0 is a significant expansion of the data. In addition to the cultivation history, you can see at plot level what the soil types are, whether it concerns a groundwater protection area, a no-fly zone for drones, current satellite images, nature management and ownership of a plot. The data is not only displayed on a plot but, now also on a country level.
Paid environment
To recoup the investment costs, a subscription structure has now been introduced for the first time. For €150 per year you can follow the cultivation history from 2009. That has been reduced to 3 years in the free version. In addition, all satellite images are transparent, you can add 9 map layers, you have a search function and it is possible to make reports of fields and export them via PDF.
Application especially nice
Boer&Bunder remains especially fun to peek at the farmers. Still, there are plenty of useful applications. However, the number of participating companies is limited to a handful. There are also entrepreneurs who have difficulty with the detailed information. Especially now that there is a link with the Land Registry and the plots are directly linked to an owner.
Niels van der Boom
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