To create your first Field you need to be logged in with an active Premium subscription. If you don't have Premium, activate it first from Settings → Premium.
Where to create them
There are two paths:
- From the premium dashboard: tap the location chip at the top of the dashboard (which shows your current city) → opens the "My Fields" selector → tap "+ Add field"
- From Settings: Settings → My Fields → New field
Both lead to the same wizard.
The wizard, step by step
1. Field name
Give it a name you'll recognize quickly. Suggestions: "Napa Estate", "South Block", "Sonoma Grove", "Central Valley Parcel". Up to 80 characters. You can change it later.
2. Location
Three options:
- Tap on the map — opens an interactive map; drop the marker where your farm is. Shows coordinates in real time
- Use my current location — the app requests location permissions and auto-fills with your GPS coordinates. Useful if you're physically at the field
- Enter coordinates manually — if you have the exact coordinates (from Google Maps, for example), paste them directly
Coordinates are saved with decimal precision — they don't need to be perfect to the meter; ±100 m doesn't affect the data.
3. Optional metadata
- Crop type — vineyard, olive, vegetables, orchard / stone fruit, grain, other. If left blank, the system defaults to "other" and Vigía will use generic thresholds.
- Area in hectares — for your visual reference in the list only. Doesn't affect calculations.
4. Confirmation
Shows a summary of the Field: name, coordinates, crop, area. If you're happy with it, tap "Create field".
What happens when the Field is created
The backend:
- Associates the Field to your account
- Searches for the nearest anchor city in its database (within ~5 km). If found, it links the Field to that city — this lets the ET0, frost, hail, and AQI workers compute using that City as a reference
- If no city is found within 5 km, it creates a new one with the Field's name (typical for very isolated parcels)
- If it's your first Field, it's automatically marked as "primary"
What about advanced data?
Right after creating the Field, you can tap the dashboard's location chip and select it. The entire dashboard recalculates: ET0 over the new coordinates, frost adjusted for the correct crop, hail radius for the crop type, etc.
In the next article we look at how that selector works and how to switch between Fields quickly.