Proximity Walk

Create walk lists on the fly based on your current location

Proximity Walk lets canvassers create walk lists on the fly based on their current GPS location and your NationBuilder database. Instead of relying on a pre-built list, you can discover nearby contacts and start canvassing immediately.

Proximity Walk must be enabled for your user type in App Customization. It is enabled by default for Campaign Managers and Default Users.

Starting a Proximity Walk

1. Go to the Canvass section

2. Tap New Walk and select Proximity Walk

3. Set your desired radius to define how far from your location to search

4. Optionally apply filters to narrow results

5. Tap Start to begin canvassing the discovered contacts

Setting the Radius

The radius control lets you define how far from your current location FieldEdge should search for contacts. A larger radius will find more people but may include contacts that are further away.

Filtering Results

You can filter Proximity Walk results by:

• Distance — sort contacts by how close they are to you

• Tags — only show contacts with specific tags

• Support level — filter by support level (1–5)

• Priority level — filter by priority

• Assigned to me — only show contacts assigned to your account

Results are shown in a list view or on a map, sorted by distance from your current location. You can then start a walk directly from these results.

Proximity Walk requires an active data connection and GPS access. See Ensuring FieldEdge Access to GPS Location if you're having trouble with location services.

Create walk lists on the fly