Draw a boundary around a neighborhood on a Mapbox map, or import the GeoJSON and KML turf files you already have (a turf is the area assigned to a canvasser). Every contact inside the boundary becomes a walk list (the addresses to visit), and coverage fills in as the team works.
Capabilities
Beacon combines a Mapbox map with click-to-draw boundaries, file import for boundaries you already keep, and overlap warnings that appear before two canvassers end up at the same door.
/01, DRAW
Click points on a Mapbox map to draw a turf, then name it, save it, and assign it. The voters or contacts inside the shape become a walk list automatically.
/02, IMPORT
If you already have boundary files from a redistricting tool, the Secretary of State, or your nonprofit's mapping (GIS) team, upload them, and the territories are added to Beacon with their exact shapes.
/03, STRUCTURE
Turf cutting means dividing a large area into smaller turfs. Territories can sit inside larger ones to match your structure, such as regions, districts, and precincts, and totals add up the same way.
Coverage
Each turf shows a live coverage percentage, and contact pins on the map are colored by status as doors are knocked. Field directors can quickly see which turfs need more visits and redraw or reassign them as needed.
How a turf gets built
The steps are the same whether you are drawing one precinct or importing three hundred at once.
/01
Draw a boundary on the map or upload a GeoJSON or KML file. When you save, Beacon checks for overlaps and highlights any conflicts on the map.
/02
Drag canvassers onto the turf. Contacts inside the boundary are added automatically by their mapped address, so no one has to look them up.
/03
Coverage percentages and contact pins update as visits are recorded, so gaps are easy to see. If your target list changes, you can redraw a turf, and its walk lists update to match.
/04
Totals from smaller turfs add up to the larger areas that contain them, and you can export coverage by region or precinct to review the program afterward.
FAQ
Q / 01
Yes. Upload a GeoJSON or KML file, and the territories are created with their exact shapes. You can also draw directly on the Mapbox map if you prefer to start from scratch.
Q / 02
When you create or edit a turf, Beacon checks it against every existing territory in your organization, highlights any overlapping areas on the map, and lists the conflicting turfs by name.
Q / 03
Yes. You can set up Region › District › Precinct or any other structure your program uses, and totals from smaller areas add up to the larger areas above them.
Q / 04
When contacts are imported, Beacon checks each mapped address against the turf boundaries and adds the contact to the turf that contains it, so no one has to do it by hand.
Start drawing
Open an account, draw a territory, and import your contact list. Most programs are knocking on doors within three days.