How to use Points of Interest

Points of Interest lets you show the schools, transport, health services, shops and other amenities around a property directly on the map. Use Points of Interest to check what's near a listing, scope the amenities around a development site, or turn on just one type of place, such as hospitals, without crowding the map with everything else.

Plan access: Points of Interest is available on all plans. Reordering the Points of Interest categories is available on all paid plans (Standard, Advanced and Enterprise).

Points of Interest are the amenities and services marked on the Landchecker map, grouped into categories. Each category has its own icon and colour, so you can tell a school from a hospital at a glance.

The Points of Interest categories include:

Each category opens into sub-categories, so you can show a specific type of place on its own. For example, Health Care opens into Emergency Or Urgent Care Facility, Hospital, Medical Service, Outpatient Care Facility and Specialised Medical Facility.

The Points of Interest panel opens on the left-hand side of the map, with a search bar at the top and the list of categories underneath.

The markers for that category appear on the map as soon as you tick it. To remove a category from the map, untick the same checkbox.

If you only need one type of place, you can turn on a sub-category without showing the whole Points of Interest category.

Only the sub-categories you've ticked appear on the map. Ticking the main category checkbox turns on every sub-category inside it.

The search bar at the top of the Points of Interest panel finds categories, sub-categories and places by name, so you don't have to scroll through the list.

When you zoom out, Points of Interest markers that are close together are grouped into clusters. A cluster is a circle with a number in the middle, and the number is how many Points of Interest sit in that area. The coloured ring around the cluster shows the mix of categories inside it, using the same colours as the category icons.

Clusters start to appear from around the 100 m map scale. Zoom in closer than that and the clusters break apart into individual markers.

To see the Points of Interest inside a cluster:

The cluster breaks apart into the individual Points of Interest markers it contains. If some markers are still very close together, they may form smaller clusters. Click those clusters to zoom in further.

You can also zoom in using the + button on the right-hand side of the map, or by scrolling.

On paid plans, you can drag the Points of Interest categories into the order that suits your work, so the categories you use most sit at the top of the list.

The category stays in its new position in the Points of Interest panel.

Reordering is available on the Standard, Advanced and Enterprise plans. If you're on the Free plan, the categories stay in their default order. Upgrade today to reorder your categories.

To see a list of Points of Interest around a property with the distance to each one, use Proximity Analysis in the right-hand information panel. Proximity Analysis shows the Points of Interest categories you've turned on in the Points of Interest panel, inside a fixed radius or a walking, cycling or driving time. Proximity Analysis is available on the Advanced and Enterprise plans.

Turn on Education and Travel and Transportation to show buyers the schools and train stations near a listing, and use Food and Drink or Shopping to describe the lifestyle around a property.

Use sub-categories to check the competition and amenity around a site. For example, show only supermarkets or only childcare centres before committing to a retail or childcare use.

Check the amenities near a subject property, such as transport, shops and schools, to support your comments on location and compare it with your sales evidence.

Get a quick view of what surrounds a property, such as schools, hospitals or emergency services, when answering client questions about the neighbourhood.

Show Travel and Transportation and Community and Government to understand the services a site connects to when preparing a design response or planning report.

You're likely zoomed out far enough that the markers have grouped into clusters. Click a numbered cluster, or zoom in, to see the individual Points of Interest.

The number is how many Points of Interest are grouped in that part of the map. Click the cluster to zoom in and see each one.

Untick each category you've turned on in the Points of Interest panel. The markers disappear from the map as soon as you untick them.

Yes. Click the arrow next to the category, then tick only the sub-category you need, such as Hospital under Health Care.

Members on the Standard, Advanced and Enterprise plans can drag the categories into a new order. On the Free plan, the categories stay in their default order.

Points of Interest now has its own icon in the left-hand toolbar. Common Layers no longer exists.

If you have questions or need help, use the live chat in the platform and our team will be happy to assist.