Introduction:
Fierljeppen is a sport that evolved from ditch-jumping with a pole-vault. This was traditionally the fastest method of moving through fields that were frequently intersected by ditches and streams.
Fierljeppen has since become a mature sport in which competitions and matches are held at a high level.
From 2006 to 2008, within a partnership of Geomaat Landmeten and MultiGeo, ideas were conceived and concepts developed to push the way the length of jumps was measured (with sticks and ropes) into the 21st century.
Presentations were made to the board of the Frisian Fierljep Association, which rejected the concepts, but did begin using digital measuring devices.
In implementing these, however, they ran into barriers and the processing of measurements, although now accurate, remained time consuming.