Error catalogue eudr.geo.ring-closed

EUDR GeoJSON rejected: polygon not closed

Every polygon ring must end where it starts — the last coordinate pair repeats the first. Many tools omit that closing pair.

Blocking Repaired automatically

What the check requires

Every polygon ring must be explicitly closed: the last coordinate pair must repeat the first.

A blocking error — the EUDR information system refuses the file until it is resolved.

Why files fail this check

This is one of the most common findings in supplier files, and one of the most harmless: plenty of GIS tools and converters consider a polygon implicitly closed and skip the duplicate final coordinate. The GeoJSON specification requires it explicitly, so the registry refuses the ring.

A ring with fewer than three distinct positions is a different problem — it cannot enclose an area at all, and needs to be re-mapped rather than closed.

How it gets fixed

The repair is deterministic and meaning-preserving: the first coordinate is appended as the last, closing the ring without moving a single vertex. The free check applies it automatically the moment your file is read, and records it in the repair log.

Nothing about your boundary changes — the polygon covers exactly the land it covered before.

Citation EUDR GeoJSON File Description v1.5 (GeoJSON per IETF RFC 7946 §3.1.6: linear ring, first and last positions identical) Effective from 2025-05-05 · captured 2026-07-10