Drawing property boundaries

Why a boundary matters

A pin says roughly where a property is. A boundary says exactly what the property is — the lot you actually clear. Snowmass uses it to confirm an operator has entered the property (not just idled at the curb) and to draw the property accurately on every map. A good boundary is what makes arrival detection trustworthy.

Draw one on the map

1. Open the property and choose Edit boundary.
2. Click around the outline of the lot to drop points — corners of the parking area, the edge of the driveways, wherever your crew is responsible for clearing.
3. Close the shape back to the first point. You can drag any point to fine-tune it.
4. Save. The filled area is now the property's footprint.

Trace the area you clear, not the whole legal parcel. If you only do the lot and not the rear laneway, leave the laneway out — the boundary should match the work.

Tips for clean boundaries

• Keep it a little generous at entrances so a machine pulling in registers as arrived.
• One property, one footprint — if a client owns two disconnected lots, that's usually two properties, which lets the swarm treat them independently.
• Re-open Edit boundary any time the property changes (a lot expands, a section is dropped).