Method and apparatus for zone mapping

An apparatus for generating an application plan for applying agricultural material to a zone of a geographic area, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory to store computer program instructions, the computer program instructions when executed on the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• identifying a feature in the zone;
• identifying an offset from the feature based on a type of the feature and agricultural material to be applied to the zone;
• determining an area adjacent to the feature based on the offset;
• determining application restrictions for the area adjacent to the feature;
• and
• transmitting the application plan to an agricultural machine to configure the agricultural machine to operate based on the application plan, wherein the application plan comprises 1) a plurality of geographic coordinates identifying the zone and the area adjacent to the feature, and 2) an application rate of agricultural material to be applied to the zone and the area adjacent to the feature.

A computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for generating an application plan for applying agricultural material to a zone of a geographic area, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• identifying a feature in the zone;
• identifying an offset from the feature based on a type of the feature and agricultural material to be applied to the zone;
• determining an area adjacent to the feature based on the offset;
• determining application restrictions for the area adjacent to the feature;
• and
• transmitting the application plan to an agricultural machine to configure the agricultural machine to operate based on the application plan, wherein the application plan comprises 1) a plurality of geographic coordinates identifying the zone and the area adjacent to the feature, and 2) an application rate of agricultural material to be applied to the zone and the area adjacent to the feature.