Maintaining Project Points
A project point is used to locate a specific site for project work or the site for a portion of the project's work. A point can be described by a single latitude and longitude measurement.
A point can also be defined as a set of three spatial coordinates (X, Y, Z) for use in GIS applications. Adding three-dimensional coordinates to a point record enables your agency to connect data much more efficiently. For example, an agency needs to know what highway projects fall within a newly-defined Threatened or Endangered Species habitat. If the project point data is spatially enabled, this can take seconds to perform in a GIS program, but could take weeks to develop the project list if performed manually.
When you click the Points tab on the Project Summary, the system displays an accordion list of all the location points associated with the project. Each row represents one point record and displays the Type and Description fields and an Actions button.
To maintain a point record, expand the row to display all the available information. You can add and change information in these fields:
Note: For compatibility with BAMS/DSS, a project midpoint is required. Preconstruction identifies a project point as the midpoint when the Type field contains the word Midpoint. The system checks whether the project includes a midpoint record during project validation. In addition, SiteManager determines the project longitude and latitude according to the first location point identified as a Midpoint in the project.
To add or change spatial coordinate information for the project point, expand the Location section of the row. You can add or change information in these fields:
To delete a project point, select Delete from the Actions menu on the project point row. The system shades the row gray to indicate it is marked for deletion. To reverse the delete action, click the Undo button.
When you are finished, click the Save button to apply your changes. The system displays a message to confirm that your changes were saved in the database.
Adding Points to the Project
To add a new point to the project, click the New button on the Points tab. The system adds a new row at the bottom of the list of points. All fields in the new row are blank.
To save a new point record, you must enter information in the Type, Latitude, Longitude, and Description fields.
Note: For compatibility with BAMS/DSS, the Type field for at least one project point must contain the word Midpoint. When used with SiteManager, the project point identified as the midpoint determines the project longitude and latitude.
If the point is associated with a particular category in the project, you can also enter that information in the Category ID field.
When you are finished making changes, click the Save button to apply your changes to the system. The system displays a message to confirm that your changes were saved in the database.
