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# Canvassing

The volunteer canvass map is your main tool for door-to-door outreach — a full-screen GPS-tracked experience.

## The Volunteer Map

### What You See

- Colored markers — each marker is an address. Colors indicate the outcome of the last visit (green = supportive, red = opposed, grey = not yet visited)
- Clusters — when zoomed out, markers group together showing the address count. Tap a cluster to zoom in.
- Blue dot — your current GPS position
- Walking route — a suggested path through the addresses (dotted line)

### Recording a Visit

1. Tap a marker to select an address
2. A bottom panel slides up showing address details
3. Tap Record Visit to log what happened:
   - Not Home — nobody answered
   - Supportive — positive interaction
   - Opposed — not supportive
   - Undecided — hasn't made up their mind
   - Moved — no longer lives there
   - Refused — declined to talk
4. Optionally add a note about the visit
5. Tap Save — the marker color updates immediately

## Sessions

- Start a session before you begin knocking on doors — this tracks your route and time
- End your session when you're done for the day
- The map works offline for basic viewing, but you need a connection to save visits
- If GPS is inaccurate, manually tap the correct marker on the map

The map is designed to be used in the field on a phone:

## Routes

The Routes tab shows your past canvassing routes on a map, helping you see which areas you've covered and plan your next outing.

## Volunteer Routes

- `/volunteer` — full-screen canvass map with GPS and visit recording
- `/volunteer/activity` — visit history and outcome breakdown
- `/volunteer/routes` — past canvassing routes