# How things work

**URL:** <https://community.citystrides.com/t/how-things-work/24616>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 26, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/how-things-work/24616 "2022-03-26T18:56:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbuyske2](https://community.citystrides.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@jbuyske2](https://community.citystrides.com/u/jbuyske2)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/how-things-work/24616/1 "2022-03-26T18:56:52Z")

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Is there any kind of “how to use the site” intro? I can’t figure out what I’m looking at on the screens–like how are nodes identified, how can I hone in on a city I’m interested in, is there a way to see a an inverse map…meaning a map of the city streets I HAVEN"T run (I would love that!))  
thanks for doing this, its really fun, I just need to know better how to work it.

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**Author:** ![8f7162110d9eeaf907ab](https://community.citystrides.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/8/ad7895/32.png) [@8f7162110d9eeaf907ab](https://community.citystrides.com/u/8f7162110d9eeaf907ab)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/how-things-work/24616/2 "2022-03-26T21:13:16Z")

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Hi @jbuyske2 ,  
you can find a lot of info on the basics in the [wiki](https://community.citystrides.com/c/wiki/18).  
The easiest way to go about it is to use the lifemap view: does the street you’re looking at have a purple line over it? If not, time to lace up and get it covered 😄