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Location Information

Clicking on a location brings up a screen for editing that location.

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Field name

Description

Description

 

Full description

Normally location names print showing their full hierarchy, e.g. "Troy.RPI.Library.Room 308". If you put a different description here, e.g. "RPI Library 308", that value will print in its place.

Located within

The parent site for this location.

Postal code

Entering a postal code lets VSys try to determine its coordinates and is used in searches.

Handicapped accessible

Check if this location is handicapped-accessible.

Placeholder location

If this location exists solely to hold other locations, check this box. It will prevent this location from being used to assign job slots, and suppress it from the slots/calendar tool.

Assign latitude/longitude coordinates

If checked, lets you enter coordinates for this location. The coordinates are used to find locations based on distance from some point.

Latitude

Standard geographic latitude.

Longitude

Standard geographic longitude.

Get coordinates from postal code

Clicking this link tells VSys to look up the latitude/longitude coordinates for the location from the postal code.

Get coordinates from address

Uses the Google Maps API to find the exact latitude/longitude for this address. Use this to allow for advanced location searching in VSys Live.

Show on Google Maps

Launches your web browser and brings up this location in Google Maps.

Assign address

If checked, VSys gives you a place to enter a full address for this location. This address can be used in reports.

Directions

Enter directions to this location to have them appear in reports and available to include for volunteers.

See Also

Locations

Sample Locations

Sample Locations

Troy

RPI

Student Union

Room 308

 

 

 

Room 310

 

 

 

Dining Hall

 

 

Library

First floor conference center

 

 

 

Second floor conference center

 

 

 

Main hall

 

 

87 Field

 

 

Sage College

Theater

 

 

 

Library

Room 101

 

 

 

Room 102

 

 

 

Room 300

 

 

Gymnasium

 

 

 

Alumni House

 

Albany

SUNY Albany

Dutch Quad

Stuyvesant Hall

 

 

 

Beverywyck Hall

 

 

 

Schuyler Hall

 

 

Baseball field

 

 

 

University field