Cutting turfs

Why you cut walkable chunks, how to draw them, and what the time estimate means.

For campaign admins

A turf is a polygon on your address universe — a walkable set of doors. You cut turfs so each canvass has a clear footprint: not the whole ward at once, and not a vague “north side” in a spreadsheet.

Open Map & Turfs

In admin, go to Map & Turfs. You will see universe dots colored by door status, existing turf outlines, and any canvassers currently live on a canvass.

Draw the polygon

Tap Draw turf, tap vertices around the block(s) you want, then Finish. DoorLine counts addresses inside the polygon with PostGIS before you save.

Drawing a turf polygon on the map — Outline a walkable chunk. Cancel anytime if you mis-tap a vertex.

Name and optionally schedule

In Name this turf, give it a clear label (street names help captains). Add notes if useful. Optionally check Schedule a canvass on this turf now to create the canvass in the same dialog.

Name this turf dialog with address count and schedule option — Save the turf — or schedule the first canvass in one step.

Time estimates

While drawing, you may see something like “~120 addresses · ~2.5 hrs at team pace.” That uses recent knock rates (houses/hr) when you have enough data.

Show, hide, delete

The turf sidebar lists every turf. Hide old turfs to declutter the map without deleting history. Delete only when you are sure nothing still needs that outline.

Next: attach turfs to work on the calendar in Canvasses.