Search the map and find nearby opportunities

Search the explorer

1. 1Open Explore. On a wide screen the list sits beside the map; on a phone choose List or Map.
2. 2Type in Search by name, address or neighbourhood. The homepage search box opens the explorer with the same text.
3. 3Select a card to highlight it on the map, or a marker to preview its record. Choose View site or View details to open the full page.

Markers for properties and activity differ in shape as well as colour, so you can tell them apart without relying on colour.

Find opportunities near a place

In the activity explorer, enter an address in Enter an address to explore nearby, or allow the browser to use your location. Then choose a Search radius and the Nearest first sort.

Locations are approximate points chosen by City staff. They are not surveyed parcel boundaries.

Filter, sort and use map layers

1. 1Choose Filters. Set Availability, City readiness, Neighbourhood, Intended use, or Public input open.
2. 2Choose Show results. Closing the panel without it keeps your previous filters.
3. 3Remove a single filter from the chips above the results, or Clear all. Reset clears filter fields only, not your search or comparison.

Map layers turn record types on and off. Sorting options include Featured, Recently updated and Nearest.

Filters, search, sort and the selected record are kept in the page address, so you can bookmark or share a view, and Back returns you to it.

Featured sites and collections

The homepage shows up to six Featured sites in the order City staff set, followed by each collection staff have published as its own section. Featuring a site is a City presentation choice. It is not a ranking, an endorsement or a statement that the site is shovel ready.

Return to where you were

Use the browser's Back button or the back arrow in the header on a phone. The explorer reopens with the same search, filters and scroll position. Property pages opened from a comparison show Back to comparison instead.

Save a search

Saving a search needs an account.

1. 1Set up the search and filters you want.
2. 2Open Sort and saved searches and choose Save search.
3. 3Give it a name. It appears under Following in My Richmond, where you can reopen or delete it.

A saved search stores the view. It does not send alerts when new records match.