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To activate: Tools menu
The road address tool , is a multi-functional tool for deleting road segments, changing road names, reversing segment directions, and applying address ranges.
File / Open MSAG: Allows the user to open the MSAG for viewing.
View / Zoom Selected: Zooms to the selected road segment (s).
Find Road: Locates the selected road name by number and highlights the road segments in the map view.
Get Selection: Adds the selected (on the map) road segment to the selection box.
Odd is Left: When checked, assumes the odd addresses are on the left. If unchecked, assumes the odd addresses are on the right.
Mark Yes/Mark No: Populates “yes” or “no” into the checked attribute of the shape file. Rendering the roads layer based on “yes” or “no” helps to visually determine which roads have been checked. This is useful when working on an entire county.
Total Length: The combined length of selected road segments.
Low/High Address Range: Type in the low and high MSAG range of the road.
The Ft/A (foot per address): Calculates, according to the low and high range of the road, how many feet per address.
Update Road Names: The Enter Street Name dialog opens. Update the name of a selected road.
Delete Sel: Tags the current selection to be deleted by changing the name field to “DELETED”.
U and D (up and down): Move the road segments up or down the list to get them in the correct order of the direction of the road.
Clear: Removes selected segments from the selected roads box.
Reverse: Changes the direction of the selected road segment.
Add Selection: Add selected road segments into the lower list box.
Double clicking a road segment number in the list box also places the segment in the lower list box.
Refresh Roads: Refreshes the road name list.
Properties: Set the scrolling options for the MSAG database.
Update Addresses: Saves changes.
Close: Closes the tool.
Activate Road Address Cleanup tool dialog.
Select desired road name from the left list.
Select Find Road.
Select View, zoom selected, to view the selected road segments if desired.
Select the appropriate decision from the Odd is Left checkbox.
Double click on each road segment id, in the order of the direction of the road, to place the segments into the lower box.
Enter the low address. Enter the high address. Based on the length of the selected segment(s) of the road, and the low/high range, a foot per address value will appear in the Ft/A box.
Select Update Address. Values for the low, high, left from, left to, right from, and right to are populated into the attribute tables of the selected roads.
Open the Road Address Cleanup dialog.
Select the road name from the left list.
· Select Find Road.
· Select View, zoom selected, to view the selected road segments if desired.
· Select the segment to be deleted in the top right box.
· Select Delete Sel.
Open the Road Address Cleanup dialog.
Select the road name from the left list.
·Select Find Road.
Select View, zoom selected, to view the selected road segments if desired.
Select Update Names. Enter the direction, road name, type and suffix in the Enter Street Name dialog box.
Select OK. The fullname field of the roads layer is also updated by using this tool.
· NOTE: If a road segment is selected, no name is entered, and OK is selected, that road segment’s name will be blank. If a segment has been selected in error, click Cancel to retain the segment’s attribute data.
The order in which multi-segmented roads are selected in the road address clean up tool, determines the direction of the road. Single road segments have to be reversed by using the reverse function in the road address cleanup tool.
Single Road Segments:
Select the road segment from the road address tool
Move the segment into the bottom box by double clicking on the road segment numbers
Select the road segment in the lower box
Select reverse
Multi-Segmented Roads:
Select road segments from the road address tool
Move the road segments into the bottom box by double clicking on the road segment numbers