What the map shows
The pins on the Map, what their colours mean, and the buttons around them.
Pins
Tap Map in the row of tabs. The map shows your community's posts:
- Green pins: Offers.
- Orange pins: Needs.
- Purple pins with a calendar: events that have not finished yet.
A pin shows the post's category picture. Where many Offers and Needs are close together, they join into a blue circle with a number. Zoom in to see them one by one. Events always show on their own.
People, groups and enterprises are not on the map. Neither are polls.
Tapping a pin
- An Offer or a Need: a card shows the title and who posted it. Tap View Details to open it, or their name to see their profile. Tap the map or ✕ to close the card.
- An event: a card shows when and where, and how many are going. Tap View event.
Filters
At the top of the map:
- All, Offers, Needs or Events. Tap ✕ to clear.
- All Categories to show one category.
- For events: Today, This weekend or Next 7 days. The map moves to fit them.
Buttons on the left
- The moon or sun: a dark or light map.
- The target: show where you are. The first time, the app asks for permission to use your location.
- + and −: zoom.
The amber circle shows the area your community serves.
Adding a post from the map
Tap + ADD POST. See "Posting an Offer or a Need".
Related
- Where your pin goesWho sees where your posts and events are, and how to keep your home private.
- Finding things near youShow only posts within a distance of you, or of any place you choose.
- EventsCreate an event, say you are going, and run it as the host.
- Posting an Offer or a NeedPut up something you can do or give, or something you are looking for.
The same guide is in the BeanPool app, and works there without a connection: open Settings, then "Help & how it works" under BeanPool. Guide version 6.