1"use strict";(self.webpackChunkNioLandReact=self.webpackChunkNioLandReact||[]).push([[4218],{4218:(e,t,i)=>{i.r(t),i.d(t,{default:()=>b});i(5043);var s=i(5475),a=i(3519),o=i(1072),r=i(8602),n=i(3107),l=i(7497),d=i(579);const c="'Inter', sans-serif",h="#28a745",f="gps-tagged-scout-visits-coffee",m="Why every GAP77 scout visit is GPS-tagged.",p="A traditional certification audit visits a sampled farm once a year on the auditor\u2019s word. A GAP77 scout visit is GPS-tagged at the boundary, time-on-farm logged in real time, and the per-farm record updates as the visit happens \u2014 audit defensibility is built into the visit itself.",g="TECHNOLOGY",u="25 APRIL 2026",y="2026-04-25",x={fontFamily:c,fontWeight:700,fontSize:"clamp(1.5rem, 2.4vw, 1.9rem)",letterSpacing:"-0.015em",color:"#000",marginTop:"2.5rem",marginBottom:"1rem"},v={fontFamily:c,fontWeight:400,fontSize:"1.1rem",lineHeight:1.7,color:"#222",marginBottom:"1.1rem"},w={color:h,textDecoration:"underline",textDecorationThickness:"1px",textUnderlineOffset:"3px"};const b=function(){const e={"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BlogPosting",headline:m,description:p,datePublished:y,dateModified:y,url:`https://www.weathersafe.co.uk/blog/${f}`,author:{"@type":"Organization",name:"Weathersafe",url:"https://www.weathersafe.co.uk"},publisher:{"@type":"Organization",name:"Weathersafe",url:"https://www.weathersafe.co.uk"},mainEntityOfPage:`https://www.weathersafe.co.uk/blog/${f}`,articleSection:g};return(0,d.jsxs)(n.A,{title:`${m} \u2014 Weathersafe`,description:p,canonical:`https://www.weathersafe.co.uk/blog/${f}`,ogType:"article",jsonLd:e,children:[(0,d.jsx)("section",{style:{paddingTop:"8rem",paddingBottom:"4rem"},children:(0,d.jsx)(a.A,{children:(0,d.jsx)(o.A,{className:"justify-content-center",children:(0,d.jsxs)(r.A,{lg:"8",children:[(0,d.jsx)(s.N_,{to:"/blog",style:{fontFamily:c,fontWeight:600,fontSize:"0.85rem",color:h,textDecoration:"none",letterSpacing:"0.04em"},children:"\u2190 Blog"}),(0,d.jsxs)("div",{style:{display:"flex",alignItems:"center",gap:"0.85rem",marginTop:"2rem",marginBottom:"1rem"},children:[(0,d.jsx)("span",{style:{fontFamily:c,fontWeight:600,fontSize:"0.75rem",letterSpacing:"0.06em",color:h,background:"rgba(40,167,69,0.1)",borderRadius:"999px",padding:"0.35rem 0.9rem"},children:g}),(0,d.jsx)("span",{style:{fontFamily:c,fontWeight:500,fontSize:"0.85rem",letterSpacing:"0.04em",color:"#888"},children:u})]}),(0,d.jsx)("h1",{style:{fontFamily:c,fontWeight:800,fontSize:"clamp(2.4rem, 5vw, 3.8rem)",lineHeight:1.1,letterSpacing:"-0.03em",color:"#000",marginBottom:"1.5rem"},children:m}),(0,d.jsx)("p",{style:{fontFamily:c,fontWeight:400,fontSize:"1.25rem",lineHeight:1.55,color:"#555",marginBottom:0},children:p})]})})})}),(0,d.jsx)("section",{style:{paddingBottom:"5rem"},children:(0,d.jsx)(a.A,{children:(0,d.jsx)(o.A,{className:"justify-content-center",children:(0,d.jsxs)(r.A,{lg:"8",children:[(0,d.jsx)("p",{style:v,children:"A traditional third-party certification audit visits a sampled farm once a year. The auditor signs the visit log. There is no GPS coordinate on the visit. There is no time-on-farm record. The per-farm record, if one exists at all, is updated by a separate person back at the office. The visit happened, on the auditor's word."}),(0,d.jsx)("p",{style:{...v,fontWeight:700,color:"#000"},children:"The auditor's word has shipped coffee for decades. EUDR Due Diligence does not accept it as evidence."}),(0,d.jsx)("h2",{style:x,children:"What GPS-tagged scouting actually does"}),(0,d.jsx)("p",{style:v,children:"Every GAP77 scout visit is captured by the same mobile-app workflow. When a scout crosses the boundary of a participating farm, the app logs a GPS coordinate and a timestamp. When they leave, it logs the exit coordinate and a duration. Observations recorded during the visit \u2014 practice observance, pest signs, soil condition, tree health, missing or replaced trees \u2014 are written against the per-farm record in real time. Highland coffee regions are routinely without signal, so the platform queues the visit for sync; the record uploads automatically when connectivity returns. There is no end-of-day reconciliation, no paper write-up, no separate audit trail to assemble afterwards."}),(0,d.jsx)("p",{style:{...v,fontWeight:700,color:"#000"},children:"The audit trail builds itself as the visit happens."}),(0,d.jsx)("h2",{style:x,children:"Why this matters under audit"}),(0,d.jsxs)("p",{style:v,children:["EUDR Due Diligence Statements, SBTi FLAG submissions and CSRD disclosures all rest on farm-level evidence that has to defend itself if questioned. A regulator or third-party validator asking ",(0,d.jsx)("em",{children:"what observation supports this practice claim on this farm on this date?"})," expects an answer that is timestamped, location-verified and traceable to a named scout. A self
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