The geo-location as its name implies, contains geographic information about the location of the incident the user is working on. Then select the geo-locate button on this window. The geo-locate window pops up with several fields that can be used to locate the incident on a map. String used to label the incident location on the map. As an option, users can query the gazetteer to obtain information about all states and cities associated with the given country name.
Users can also enter specific address information about the location of the incident.
This is used to pin-point the location on the map, as opposed to limit it to city or state information only. Uses the exact information to query the gazetteer. Uses the exact information to get the location of the incident. Then uses the approximate location information to offset the incident location from the exact location previously determined. Copyright 1998-2000 USC Information Sciences Institute.