How to create a standard geofence

Dashboard administrators must have the “Add/Edit Standard & Community Geofences” to draw, edit or delete geofences. Follow the steps below to create a standard geofence.

1. Click on the white “LiveSafe” button at the top right of your events map and select either “Draw Geofence (Circle)” or “Draw Geofence (Custom)”
   
   
   
2. Using your cursor, locate the area on the events map where you want to draw your geofence. If drawing a circle, your first click will be its center. Hold, drag out to the desired size, and release to complete the circle. If drawing a custom shape, click to add points outlining the desired region.
   
3. Close the custom geofence shape by clicking on the first point added. As a best practice, draw your geofence a little larger than you think you may need (e.g. add the equivalent of a city block or two in every direction). This will help convey the appropriate information when using geofences for geo-targeted broadcast messaging and auto-prompting (enterprise structures) for those nearby but not necessarily within the geofence.
   
4. In the dialog box that appears, fill in the “Name” and “Description” fields
   
5. If you want this geofence visible to app users when they are viewing the Safety Map on their mobile device, check the “Show in the Safety Map” box.
   
6. Leave the “Upon entry, prompt user to join Community” box un-checked.
   
7. Click the blue “Save” button to create your geofence