Location: proximity, check-ins and what is shared

Location on DomBound serves two different purposes, with different rules: finding people nearby and proving where you are on a check-in.

1. Proximity in Explore

In My account you choose how:

• Automatic location (GPS) — you store your position and the comparison happens on the server. It is never shared or shown.
• Manual location — you name a city and only that is used.

You also set your search radius (km). With no location set, Explore cannot sort by proximity and will tell you so.

2. Location check-ins

Some tasks and challenges require a location check-in: confirming where you are when you submit.

How it works:

1. The first time, you define your reference location (your base) with Use my current location as reference.
2. When submitting, press «Do location check-in».
3. The app offers nearby places for you to pick where you are, or «Somewhere else».
4. You confirm the submission.

You will see whether you are in zone or out of zone, with the category of the place: supermarket, gym, pharmacy, restaurant, bar or café, work, transport.

The three visibility levels

This is the important part, and you decide it under «Location in my check-ins» — what your Dom sees when you do a check-in:

• Only the category — he sees «a supermarket». Not which one.
• Map of the area with no names — roughly where, without labels.
• The exact place — the specific spot.

The design principle is: the app verifies, the Dom does not see. The check that you are where you say happens internally; what is shown is only what you authorised.

Zone changes

If the app detects you have moved zone it tells you: you have changed zone, update your reference location. Updating is one button, and it stays your decision.