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We’re gathering your communities, next steps, and local activity so your first screen feels ready for you.
Compass · Spatial intelligence
Understand what is happening around a selected place, why it is shown, and where its canonical Beacon record lives. This is a Compass view—not a fifth room and not a live people map.
Viewing: Boston
Beacon is showing activity around your selected place. It does not imply that you are physically there, and GPS is never required.
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Viewing All mapped places. Beacon is showing activity around your selected place. Location access is optional and one-time; Beacon does not save, publish, or continuously track it.
Save or clear my private city and neighborhood in You settingsA category stays at zero until current public records include a reviewed place. Beacon does not add example markers.
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · Tiles by OpenFreeMap · Neighborhood planning boundaries by Boston Planning Department; Boston neighborhood-level planning references, not legal jurisdiction boundaries. Geometry is the current hosted FeatureServer version, simplified to 0.0005 degrees and five-decimal precision; the accessible place list remains available when the overlay is unavailable.
Marker interaction is supplemental. The synchronized list is the authoritative keyboard and screen-reader path.
Try Boston or another category. Beacon does not fabricate coordinates or place private, ended, restricted, or unreviewed records on the map.