What are restricted and warning zones?

Two types of zones

Snowmass lets you draw two kinds of zones on your map to guide where your vehicles go and how they navigate:

• Restricted zones (no-go) — areas your fleet must avoid completely. A vehicle's turn-by-turn navigation (and simulation routes) automatically route around a restricted zone; if a stop is boxed in with no way to route to it, the map shows a dashed straight-line to it instead.
• Warning zones (caution) — areas you want operators to be careful in. A vehicle's path crossing a warning zone turns orange on the map to alert the driver, but the vehicle can still enter.

Why admins use zones

Use restricted zones to:

• Block off construction sites, hazardous areas, or neighborhoods where you don't service.
• Protect sensitive routes (e.g., hospital grounds, school zones).
• Exclude areas where vehicle access is prohibited.

Use warning zones to:

• Mark difficult terrain, tight intersections, or narrow streets where caution is needed.
• Highlight areas with special conditions (steep grades, high traffic, ice-prone roads).
• Alert operators to areas requiring slower, more deliberate work.

Layer 1: Navigation

Zones currently steer your vehicles' turn-by-turn navigation around (restricted) or through with caution (warning). The swarm's work-assignment scoring does not yet consider zones — that is planned for a future release.