Automated detection of errors in location data in agricultural operations

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute a method for determining location errors in agricultural data records using agricultural equipment passes, the method comprising:

• identifying planting datasets of planting data values that correspond to separate planting passes in a field and harvesting datasets of harvesting data values that correspond to separate harvesting passes in the field, each planting data value and each harvesting data value including a location value;
• normalizing the planting datasets based on a heading direction of a first agricultural equipment, a row-unit shift of the first agricultural equipment, or a direct measurement of a first measurement device value;
• normalizing the harvesting datasets based on a heading direction of a second agricultural equipment, a row-unit shift of the second agricultural equipment, or a direct measurement of a second measurement device value;
• matching, after the normalizing, the planting datasets and the harvesting datasets using location values in corresponding planting data values and harvesting data values to generate planting-to-harvesting pairs;
• computing a set of location errors from each planting-to-harvesting pair of the planting-to-harvesting pairs.