diff --git a/src/field/FieldList.tsx b/src/field/FieldList.tsx
index 8b03843..6b074f8 100644
--- a/src/field/FieldList.tsx
+++ b/src/field/FieldList.tsx
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ const columns: Column<Field>[] = [
     render: row => {
       return (
         <Box margin={1} height={200} width={200}>
-          <FieldMinimap field={row} />
+          <FieldMinimap field={row} squared borderSpacing={0.001}/>
         </Box>
       )
     }
diff --git a/src/field/Fieldminimap.tsx b/src/field/Fieldminimap.tsx
index 0752610..d657ae5 100644
--- a/src/field/Fieldminimap.tsx
+++ b/src/field/Fieldminimap.tsx
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import { GeometryMapping } from "models/GeometryMapping";
 
 interface Props {
   field: Field
+  squared?: boolean
+  borderSpacing?: number
 }
 
 export default function FieldMinimap(props: Props) {
-  const { field } = props
+  const { field, squared, borderSpacing } = props
   const MAPBOX_TOKEN = import.meta.env.VITE_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN;
   const [geoCollection, setGeoCollection] = useState<FeatureCollection>();
 
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ export default function FieldMinimap(props: Props) {
       <Map
         zoom={1}
         maxBounds={
-          field.fieldBounds(.001)
+          field.fieldBounds(borderSpacing, squared)
         }
         reuseMaps
         style={{width: "100%", height: "100%"}}
diff --git a/src/models/Field.ts b/src/models/Field.ts
index d85b294..ce46db4 100644
--- a/src/models/Field.ts
+++ b/src/models/Field.ts
@@ -181,8 +181,20 @@ export class Field {
     if (squared){
       //make sure the bounds are squared so as to fit the entire field in the map
       //get the diff between the longs and the lats
+      let longDiff = maxLong - minLong
+      let latDiff = maxLat - minLat
       //find which is narrower
-      //take half of the difference between the differences
+      if(longDiff > latDiff){
+        //if the longitude is the narrow bound apply half of the diff between the diffs to the min and max lats
+        let halfDiff = (longDiff - latDiff)/2
+        minLat = minLat - halfDiff
+        maxLat = maxLat + halfDiff
+      } else {
+        //if the longitude is not the narrow bound apply half of the diff between the diffs to the min and max longs
+        let halfDiff = (latDiff - longDiff)/2
+        minLong = minLong - halfDiff
+        maxLong = maxLong + halfDiff
+      }
     }
     if(spacing){
       minLong = minLong - spacing
@@ -194,7 +206,6 @@ export class Field {
       new LngLat(minLong, minLat),
       new LngLat(maxLong, maxLat)
     );
-    // return[southWest, northEast]
   }
 
   public grainName(): string {