Location Group

Each form requiring a location contains one Location group. The fields within the group are shown in the figure below. The primary way to populate the location group is to use the TraCS Location Tool (TLT). If TLT can’t be used, type Override in the Map field. This will enable all the location group fields thus allowing manual entry of information.

The best method for completing the location group is to use the TraCS Location Tool (TLT). When in the Map field, click the Locate button in the upper right to start the TLT. When the location of the incident has been properly located with the TLT, all of the required fields of the Location Group will be completed. Though, if applicable, the Structure information fields will need to be filled in. See the document below for more information on how to use the TLT to set a location.

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X Coordinate

• X Coordinate generated by the TLT

Y Coordinate

• Y Coordinate generated by the TLT

Municipality/Township Type

Indicates the type of municipality/township.

• City – An autonomous incorporated area within one or more counties. Provides almost all services to its residents and has the highest degree of home rule and taxing jurisdiction of all municipalities. In order to incorporate as a city a community must have at least 1,000 citizens if it is in a rural area or 5,000 if it is in an urban area.

• Village – An autonomous incorporated area within one or more counties. Provides various services to its residents and has a degree of home rule and taxing jurisdiction over them. In order to incorporate as a village, a community must have at least 150 citizens if it is in a rural area or 2,500 if it is in an urban area.

• Town – An unincorporated jurisdiction within a county. All areas not incorporated as cities or villages are parts of towns. Towns do not have home rule, but instead have specific powers granted under state statue, for instance maintenance of roads and zone land. Towns may choose to provide additional services.

On Roadway Link ID #

• Used to help RP Code the Location, brought in from the ILT

On Roadway Link Offset

• Used to help RP Code the Location, brought in from the ILT

Override

• Used to indicate if the ILT was used.

• How to use override feature: TraCS Location Tool (TLT) | TLT Override Feature

How To Section

• TraCS Location Tool

This group is considered “Common Information” and with common information, TraCS can reduce repetition by enabling an officer to enter certain types of data once and use it many times. Using the TraCS Location Tool, will populate the common information section. A scenario when common information can be useful is when a motorist involved in a crash is responsible for causing the crash. That location information could be common information used on both a citation form and crash form. Using common information, the location information could be entered once onto the crash form, and then automatically applied to the citation form and any other necessary forms with the click of a button