Group Mapping

There are three ways that a group has it's area defined within Freegle.

Core Group Area (CGA)

This is the exclusive area that a group is approved to cover, decided with GAT when a group is affiliated within theFreegle Affiliated Group Area Guidelines.

Default Posting Area (DPA)

This is the area that Freegle Direct recognises as the posting area for each group. Our system works on postcode recognition, so when someone joins the site they will be offered the group that covers their DPA first. They are, of course, welcome to join whichever group they want, but if they subsequently post a message on the site without logging in first, the system will default to the DPA to place their message on the relevant group. Once logged in, a member can easily choose which group they wish their message to appear on.

DPAs are defined by each group and can be adjusted via Modtools in Settings/groups option and the new polygon details sent to geeks@ilovefreegle.org. The Support team (support@ilovefreegle.org) are very happy with remapping DPAs for any group. DPAs can't overlap, so there might need to be negotiation between abutting groups to make sure everyone is happy with any changes. DPAs can extend beyond a groups’ Core area to cover areas not covered by any other groups' Core or DPA.

Catchment Area

This is the area that each group are happy to accept posts and members from, which can be as wide as they like. It is not affected by the Core area and DPA, but is down to each local team to discuss and decide how large an area would be beneficial to their group members.

Links

• Freegle Affiliated Group Area Guidelines
• Glossary
• Group Affiliation Team - GAT