diff --git a/.github/workflows/format-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/format-tests.yml
index d036b2f7d..f49e3c83e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/format-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/format-tests.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ jobs:
           docker run  -v "${{ runner.temp }}:/tmp/" topo-imagery python3 standardise_validate.py --from-file ./tests/data/aerial.json --preset webp --target-epsg 2193 --source-epsg 2193 --target /tmp/cutline/ --collection-id 123 --start-datetime 2023-01-01 --end-datetime 2023-01-01 --cutline ./tests/data/cutline_aerial.fgb --gsd 10m --create-footprints=true
           cmp --silent "${{ runner.temp }}/cutline/BG35_1000_4829.tiff" ./scripts/tests/data/output/BG35_1000_4829_cut.tiff
 
+      - name: End to end test - Footprint
+        run: |
+          docker run  -v "${{ runner.temp }}:/tmp/" topo-imagery python3 standardise_validate.py --from-file ./tests/data/aerial.json --preset webp --target-epsg 2193 --source-epsg 2193 --target /tmp/ --collection-id 123 --start-datetime 2023-01-01 --end-datetime 2023-01-01 --gsd 10m --create-footprints=true
+          jq 'select(.xy_coordinate_resolution == 1E-8) // error("Wrong or missing X/Y coordinate resolution")' "${{ runner.temp }}/BG35_1000_4829_footprint.geojson"
+          cmp --silent <(jq "del(.features[0].properties.location, .xy_coordinate_resolution)" "${{ runner.temp }}/BG35_1000_4829_footprint.geojson") <(jq "del(.features[0].properties.location, .xy_coordinate_resolution)" ./scripts/tests/data/output/BG35_1000_4829_footprint.geojson)
+
       - name: End to end test - Thumbnails (Topo50/Topo250)
         run: |
           docker run  -v "${{ runner.temp }}:/tmp/" topo-imagery python3 thumbnails.py --from-file ./tests/data/thumbnails.json --target /tmp/
diff --git a/scripts/standardising.py b/scripts/standardising.py
index b009f21c9..2087e8b76 100644
--- a/scripts/standardising.py
+++ b/scripts/standardising.py
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ def standardising(
                             f"EPSG:{EpsgNumber.WGS_1984.value}",
                             "-max_points",
                             "unlimited",
+                            # Round to 8 decimal places to reduce unnecessary complexity
+                            "-lco",
+                            "COORDINATE_PRECISION=8",
                             "-simplify",
                             str(get_buffer_distance(gsd_to_float(gsd))),
                         ],
diff --git a/scripts/tests/data/output/BG35_1000_4829_footprint.geojson b/scripts/tests/data/output/BG35_1000_4829_footprint.geojson
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58f7ee6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tests/data/output/BG35_1000_4829_footprint.geojson
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "type": "FeatureCollection",
+  "name": "footprint",
+  "crs": {
+    "type": "name",
+    "properties": {
+      "name": "urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84"
+    }
+  },
+  "xy_coordinate_resolution": 1e-8,
+  "features": [
+    {
+      "type": "Feature",
+      "properties": {},
+      "geometry": {
+        "type": "MultiPolygon",
+        "coordinates": [
+          [
+            [
+              [175.78216634, -38.85027165],
+              [175.78241902, -38.85675232],
+              [175.78794458, -38.85662046],
+              [175.7876914, -38.85013982],
+              [175.78216634, -38.85027165]
+            ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}