Geographic proximity

In addition to the basic ways of navigating public projects this planroom also provides a geographic proximity filter, by using your zip code.

Selecting projects near you

Next to the search box and the status filter you should see a 'Located' drop-down. This drop-down might contain several pre-defined location filters, and in addition has a 'Near Me' option:

When you select this option you will be able to enter your zip code and pick the distance for your proximity search:

And just like that, you can filter the list of projects to only view those that are close to you.

Caveats

Two important notes for this proximity feature:

The proximity is only an estimate and not exact. It can only be as precise as the location listed on the project. Since many projects just list the city or county where located, the proximity search can often only estimate the distance to the city or county center.
The distance calculated is "as the crow flies" and not actual driving distance. It would be similar to drawing a 50-mile (or whatever distance you select) radius circle around your location on a map, without knowing how many miles you will actually have to drive.