Map shape filters let you draw custom geographic boundaries on the map to refine property search results — target a specific neighborhood, set a radius around a school or workplace, or exclude areas your client wants to avoid. The steps differ slightly between RealScout Search and AI Search; both are covered below.
Excluded shapes appear in red. Listings inside an excluded shape are always removed from results, even if they also fall within an included shape.
Draw shapes in RealScout Search
Drawing tools are located in the School & Location Boundaries section. You can draw both included shapes (listings inside appear) and excluded shapes (listings inside are hidden) in the same search.
Scroll to School & Location Boundaries and expand it.
Under Drawn Map Shapes, click Select shapes or draw on the map.
Select Draw on the map to add shapes here.
Click the pencil icon in the upper-right corner of the map.
Choose your shape type:
Shape | Effect |
Draw a polygon | Freehand boundary — includes listings inside |
Draw an excluded polygon | Freehand boundary — excludes listings inside |
Draw a circle | Radius boundary — includes listings inside |
Draw an excluded circle | Radius boundary — excludes listings inside |
Click on the map to draw. For polygons, click each corner and close the shape by clicking your starting point. For circles, click the center and drag to set the radius.
The shape appears labeled (Polygon 1, Circle 1, etc.) and results update automatically.
You can combine multiple included and excluded shapes in a single search — for example, draw a polygon around a school district (included) and an excluded circle around a busy intersection.
To edit or delete a shape, click its label on the map (Polygon 1, Circle 1, etc.) to access the edit and delete controls.
Draw shapes in AI Search
In AI Search, you first add Drawn Map Shapes as a filter. The operator you set on the filter row controls whether shapes include or exclude listings — there are no separate excluded shape tools here.
Open AI Search, or go to Search → AI Search.
In the filter panel, click Add Filters.
Search for map shapes, check Drawn Map Shapes, and click Apply Changes.
On the new filter row, set the operator:
Inside drawn shape — include listings within the shape
Outside drawn shape — exclude listings within the shape
Click the pencil icon in the filter row to choose your shape type:
Draw a Polygon — freehand boundary
Draw a Circle — radius boundary
Draw on the map. Click points for a polygon, or click and drag for a circle.
The shape appears labeled in the filter row (Circle 1, Polygon 1, etc.) and results update.
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