diff --git a/grails-app/conf/application.groovy b/grails-app/conf/application.groovy
index 2b7df022f..7ea7c823e 100644
--- a/grails-app/conf/application.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/conf/application.groovy
@@ -1042,6 +1042,8 @@ license.default = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/au/"
 projectActivity.notifyOnChange=true
 biocollect.baseURL="https://biocollect.ala.org.au"
 biocollect.projectActivityDataURL="${biocollect.baseURL}/bioActivity/projectRecords"
+biocollect.projectArea.simplificationThreshold=10000
+biocollect.projectArea.simplificationTolerance=0.1
 
 // elasticsearch cluster setting
 // can transport layer connection be made from apps outside JVM
diff --git a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ElasticSearchService.groovy b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ElasticSearchService.groovy
index c0b4965da..3a159656a 100644
--- a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ElasticSearchService.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ElasticSearchService.groovy
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ class ElasticSearchService {
             // GeoServer requires a single attribute with project area. Cannot use `sites` property (above) since it has
             // all sites associated with project.
             // todo: Check if BioCollect requires all sites in `sites` property. If no, merge `projectArea` with `sites`.
-            projectMap.projectArea = siteService.get(project.projectSiteId, [SiteService.FLAT, SiteService.INDEXING])
+            projectMap.projectArea = siteService.getSimpleProjectArea(projectMap.projectSiteId)
             projectMap.containsActivity = activityService.searchAndListActivityDomainObjects([projectId: projectMap.projectId], null, null, null, [max: 1, offset: 0])?.totalCount > 0
         }
         projectMap.sites?.each { site ->
diff --git a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ProjectService.groovy b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ProjectService.groovy
index b42072ed3..5ba2ca920 100644
--- a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ProjectService.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ProjectService.groovy
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import au.org.ala.ecodata.converter.SciStarterConverter
 import grails.converters.JSON
 import grails.core.GrailsApplication
 import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
-import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
 import org.springframework.context.MessageSource
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.SessionLocaleResolver
 
@@ -746,6 +746,7 @@ class ProjectService {
      *      And link artifacts to the project. TODO: creating project extent.
      * @return
      */
+    @Scheduled(cron = "0 0 * * 0")
     Map importProjectsFromSciStarter() {
         int ignoredProjects = 0, createdProjects = 0, updatedProjects = 0, page = 1
         JsonSlurper slurper = new JsonSlurper()
diff --git a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/SiteService.groovy b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/SiteService.groovy
index 18e973980..4d8e50ee2 100644
--- a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/SiteService.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/SiteService.groovy
@@ -255,6 +255,29 @@ class SiteService {
         site
     }
 
+    def getSimpleProjectArea(projectSiteId) {
+        def threshold = grailsApplication.config.getProperty('biocollect.projectArea.simplificationThreshold')
+        def tolerance = grailsApplication.config.getProperty('biocollect.projectArea.simplificationTolerance')
+        log.info("Threshhold ${threshold} Tolerance ${tolerance}")
+
+        def site = get(projectSiteId, [SiteService.FLAT, SiteService.INDEXING])
+
+        if (site != null) {
+            def projectArea = geometryAsGeoJson(site)
+
+            if (projectArea?.coordinates != null) {
+                def coordsSize = projectArea.coordinates.flatten().size()
+                if (coordsSize > threshold) {
+                    GeometryUtils.simplify(projectArea, tolerance)
+                } else {
+                    projectArea
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        site
+    }
+
     def create(props) {
       //  assert getCommonService()
         def site = new Site(siteId: Identifiers.getNew(true,''))