Group boundaries and mapped streets

Every group has a parking area that a group admin draws on the map — usually the streets around a block or building. Admins draw or change it from the group’s Block map.

• Reports stay inside it. A group report outside the area is refused, and a group with no area can’t take reports until an admin draws one. Clearing the area hides it from members until a new one is drawn.
• Curb checks. Spotlert uses street map data for the area to check that a pin is on a curb rather than on a building or far from the street. When the map is wrong, the reporter can choose report anyway; the area itself is never skipped.
• Only group reports. The area has nothing to do with the public map, and saving where your household’s car is parked with Park Here works anywhere.