Use cases
Workflows for common tasks in Placepoint Fusion. Choose one based on what you are trying to do. Most pages have a video showing the workflow; they are all collected on Videos. If this is your first time, start with Get started in ten minutes.
I want to…
Start from the task, not from the menu. Each line goes straight to the section that answers it.
- …know who owns a property, and who owns the owner - The ownership chain
- …see everything about a single property before a meeting - Understand a property and its context
- …find all the properties a company owns - The portfolio as a single company
- …find plots or buildings that match my criteria - The map layers that turn one plot into a list and Filter
- …find a map layer when I don't know what it is called - Find the layer
- …see what a map layer contains before I switch it on - See what the layer contains
- …know whether the plot is exposed to flooding, quick clay or contamination - Assess risk
- …check what the zoning plan allows on the plot - The limits set by the plan
- …know who lives around a point - Demographic analysis
- …see how far people can get in ten minutes - How far can you get from here?
- …see sun and shadow on a plot - Terrain, sun and shadow
- …know what a property is worth, and what it could become - Analyze value and potential
- …find the right tenant or the right person to call - Find the right tenant and Find the right person to reach
- …keep a list of properties I follow, and export it to Excel - Keep the list up to date
- …be notified when something happens to a property - What changes
- …find the button I used last time - Where do I find…?
The workflows
| Use case | What you learn |
|---|---|
| How to use map layers | The catalogue, the search, the legend, sub-layers, background maps and reading a layer against the plot |
| Understand a property and its context | The first look at a single property: tab by tab in the property panel, and the layers that give the context |
| Find properties and opportunities | From search to shortlist: the three ways into the search, the ownership chain, the map layers that find candidates, and Tags |
| Feasibility study | The full site analysis for a plot: zoning, noise, cultural heritage, ground conditions, nature, roads, water and sewerage, terrain, sun and shadow |
| Demographic analysis | Who lives and spends time around a point: travel time as a catchment area, the demographics map layers, income and wealth, and the report from Placepoint AI |
| Assess risk | Flooding, ground conditions, radon, contamination, building cases, ownership chain, tenants and value for a single property |
| Analyze value and potential | Transactions, zoning and 3D analysis for valuation |
| Manage and monitor a portfolio | Owned properties, ownership share, transactions, tenants, public cases and tags for a single portfolio |
Shorter recipes for single tasks, such as adding a map layer or finding a property, are under How do I do it?. Questions about accounts, data and sources are collected in frequently asked questions.