Outreach Model: Client Specific Location/Encampment Review

Case Consultation groups and Street Outreach teams may be trying to locate an unsheltered individual to inform them of a new housing referral, need to complete case updates, or providing basic need services. The following Look generates a map with a specific client’s locations and encampment information to help identifya client’s general location.  

 

The steps below outline how to create this Look.  

1. Explore - Outreach Model
2. Fields 
     Add the following fields to the Look:  

• • Dimensions 

• • • Clients – Client ID 
    • Encampment Stays – Date • Encampment Start Date  

• • • Encampment Stays – Date • Encampment End Date 
    • Encampments – Name of Encampment 

• • • Geolocations – Geolocation • Full Geolocation
    • Geolocations – Geolocation Mapping Type
      
      

3. Filters 

     Add the following fields as filters to the Look:  

• • Clients – Personal ID, Full Name, or Unique Identifier: Set filter to specific client 
  • Optional Filters: Geolocations - Interacting CoC; Geolocations - Geolocation Mapping Type 

4. Visualization – Google Maps  

To update map visualizations to include icons with lines connecting map plot points, complete the following steps. 

• Select Edit in the Visualization toolbar 
  • Select Plot 

• • • Plot Mode - Connect with Lines 

• • Select Points 

• • • Type – Icon

• • • Icon - Default
  • Select Value
    • • Update Value Colors as desired

Updated: 06/18/2024