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Editing Project Areas of Interest (AOIs)

Learn how to add or remove parcels or reshape your project boundary.

Project boundaries often change as a site develops. You can add or remove parcels and adjust your polygon from the Map or from a report, so your analysis always reflects the site you're actually pursuing.

In this article, we'll walk through how to edit an AOI:

In both places, you can make two kinds of edits:

  • Add or remove parcels: include or exclude whole parcels within a 1-mile buffer of your project area.
  • Edit the polygon: drag the boundary's vertices to set a precise shape.

Editing AOIs in the Map

You can adjust your project boundaries in the Map to visually compare sites before running a Report.

  1. In the Layers panel on the left, select the Projects tab.
  2. Check the box next to the project or report you'd like to edit.
  3. In the Parcel Details panel, select Edit Selection in the lower right corner.
  4. Choose how you'd like to make your edits:
    • To add or remove parcels: Click Add or Remove Parcels, then select the parcels on the Map to include/exclude them. Included parcels are shown in green, and excluded parcels are shown in red. You can also check the box in the "Include" column of the Parcels & Landowners table.
    • To edit the polygon: Click Edit My Project Boundary, then drag the vertices of the project boundary to reshape your AOI.
  5. Click Save. The steps depend on whether your project has a report:
    • If the project doesn't have a report yet: Open the Save dropdown and select Save to update your existing AOI, or select Duplicate & Save to create a new version. If you duplicate, a pop-out shows the project name with a (V2) suffix, which you can rename. Then select Save Duplicate.
    • If the project already has a report: Select Duplicate & Save in the lower right corner. A pop-out shows the project name with a (V2) suffix, which you can rename. Then select Create/Save Duplicate.

Your updated boundary is saved as a project. From there, you can run a Report for a deeper analysis on the area of interest.

Tip: Duplicating keeps your original project and report exactly as they were, so you can compare versions side by side.

Editing AOIs from a Report

After running a Report, you can adjust your site boundary to work around the constraints you've found. This makes it easy to test different site layouts without starting over.

  1. After opening a report, select the 3 dot menu in the upper right corner, and then Edit Project Area.
  2. When the pop-out appears, choose the type of edit you want to make:
    • To add or remove parcels: Select Add or Remove Parcels. In the "Include?" column, check the box next to each parcel you want in your project area. You can also click parcels directly on the Report Map. Included parcels are shown in green, excluded parcels in red, and you can select any parcel within a 1-mile buffer of your project area.
    • To edit the polygon: Select Edit My Project Boundary, then drag the vertices of the orange boundary to reshape your AOI.
  3. When you're done, select Generate New Report in the upper right corner.
  4. The report name fills in with a V2 suffix, or you can enter a new name. Your original report won't change.
  5. Select Order Report to start generating the new report.

Tip: You can also get to parcel editing by selecting Parcels & Landowners from the left-side menu, then selecting Add/Remove Parcels.

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