Until now, Contingencias worked with a main city — the one you chose during onboarding. Everything was computed from that point: the forecast, alerts, advanced data (ET0, frost, air quality).
For many users that was enough. But if you have operations spread across multiple sites — a vineyard estate in Napa, an olive grove in Sonoma, a leased parcel in the Central Valley —, "city center" is a poor reference point. The minimum temperature at 5 AM downtown is not the same as on your production plot, and a hail radar 15 km from the city may be 60 km from your parcel.
Fields solve this. Each Field is a location you define with its own coordinates. When you activate it, the entire premium dashboard recalculates advanced data over those coordinates. Vigía alerts can fire specifically for each Field.
What you can define in a Field
- Name — whatever is useful to you ("North Block", "Napa Estate", "South Parcel")
- Coordinates — latitude and longitude, or tap on a map
- Crop type — vineyard, olive, orchard / stone fruit, vegetables, grain, other. This adjusts Vigía preset defaults (frost in a vineyard fires earlier than in grain, for example)
- Area — in hectares, optional. Useful as a personal reference
How many can I have?
Up to 5 Fields per user. It's a conservative limit to keep the app fast and prevent abuse. If you need more for your operation, reach out — we're evaluating a higher-capacity tier.
Do they replace the main city?
They don't replace it — they complement it. Your main city remains the "default" the dashboard shows when no Field is actively selected. It appears first in the selector with an "Current" badge — you can always switch back to it with one tap.
Who can create Fields?
Any logged-in Premium user. Fields are tied to your account, not your device — if you switch phones and log back in, they're still there. Free or anonymous users don't have access to Fields — they work only with their main city.
In the following articles we cover how to create your first Field, how to switch between Fields from the dashboard, and how to use them with Vigía for fine-grained per-farm alerts.