Use the Nearby template to help people find sites of interest close to an address. This app is useful to help people find focused types of locations (such as schools) within a search distance of an address or place they specify. Optionally, they can edit distance values to adjust the search radius and get directions to locations they select.
When you configure this app to use a search distance, set a range for the distance slider so users can define their search buffer or pan the map to see results when showing results on the map. Include directions to help users navigate to locations within a defined search radius. You can also include a screenshot tool to capture images of the map with search results. (To learn more, see the blog article about using Nearby.)
Examples
Choose this template to create an app for use cases such as the following examples:
- Create a store locator app that allows customers to input a location, find a nearby store, and navigate to it.
- Build an app for finding healthcare facilities within a specified distance of a searched address.
- Provide users with directions and information for election polling locations.
- Build an app for finding nearby trails and viewing an elevation profile of each trail.
Data requirements
The Nearby app requires a feature layer to take full advantage of its capabilities.
App capabilities
The following list includes some key settings and capabilities that you can configure for this app:
- Distance slider—Set a minimum and maximum search radius for finding results.
- Map view result—Shows all the results in the map view.
- Search results—Provides location information with feature attributes from a configured pop-up.
- Results focused layout—Keeps the map out of the app to maintain focus on the search and results.
- Screenshot—Captures an image of the map to export and an option to include search results.
- Directions—Provides directions from a searched location to a result location.
- Elevation profile—Generates an elevation profile graph based on a line feature to show changes in elevation.
- Navigation boundary—Keeps the area in the map in focus by using a navigation boundary or disabling the ability to scroll.
All Instant Apps templates have settings to include a Home button and zoom controls, a legend, and the ability to search the map or data.