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## What's new

- **Addresses placed on the map.** Applicant organisations' addresses, and application `Address`
  fields tagged `location`, are now looked up in the background. Each gets a point and its regions:
  in Australia the local government area, federal and state electorates and remoteness area, and in
  New Zealand the territorial authority and general electorate. See
  [Maps and geography](/administrator/reports/maps-and-geography).
- **Map on the dashboard.** Choose `Map` as a visualisation. `Points` shows each application
  coloured by status or by approved or declined, and opens it when you select it. `Regions` ranks
  local government areas or electorates by count or approved amount. Download it as a PNG or its
  rows as CSV. A map only shows the applications you're allowed to see.
- **Geography columns in reports.** The `Applications` and `Applicants` data sources have
  `Latitude`, `Longitude`, `Local government area`, `Federal electorate`, `State electorate` and
  `Remoteness`, to filter and export.
- **Place a pin.** When an address can't be found, the record shows `Address not located`, and you
  can place it on the map yourself. Tick `Allow map pin` on an `Address` field to let applicants
  drop or move their own pin.
- **Geography setting.** Turn it off in `Settings > Organisation` to stop all address lookups and
  hide maps. `Re-run enrichment` updates every region after new boundaries are loaded.