Using the map
The map is the whole tool. You read the ground others have logged, search any address, filter by what you care about, and add what you know in your own town. Here is the full loop.
Pins, lettered by type
Every place is a disc marked with a letter: L land, B building, C civic asset, S society. A blue ring means a curated entry seeded by us.
Click any pin to open the inspector, with its type, name, coordinates, condition, photos, and a link to the full record.
Search any address or place
Use the search field at the top of the map. Type a street, suburb, or city and press Go. The map flies to the match and drops a marker, so you can scan that neighbourhood or start adding a place nearby.
Show only what matters
The Field Map panel on the left controls what you see:
- Layers — toggle Land, Building, Civic, and Society on or off.
- Condition — narrow to a state, from usable to derelict.
- Overlays — switch on the distress-density heatmap or the institutional-anchors layer (hospitals, universities, transit) to read a place in context.
Plot a place in four steps
- Click Add and choose a type.
- Click the map to drop the pin. For land, draw the boundary.
- Fill the form: sub-type, condition, a name, and a short description.
- Drag in up to six photos (resized in your browser), then submit.
Submissions are held for review and appear on the map once a reviewer approves them, so the commons stays trustworthy.
What the marks mean
- Land
- Building
- Civic Asset
- Society
- Curated — seeded by CloudtoTerra
Condition runs usable → dormant → distressed → derelict. Societies carry no condition: they form in the cloud to activate ground that may be dormant, distressed, or simply underappreciated.
That is the whole ask: read the ground, then add what you know.
Open the map