Location Definition

This option enables you to define location ID code, Space Descriptor (free form text such as intersections of streets and roadways to further define Location ID), and Material Type, and indicate whether the media is illuminated. All of this flows into the Buy Module when you key the Location ID code and <Save> the worksheet. The Location ID code is by Vendor, Submarket, and Media type. It also enables you to store Longitude and Latitude positions for positioning, and add additional free-form comments that do not print on reports.

  1. Select Admin|Location Definition.

  2. On the Prompt window, type or choose from a list, the vendor who is responsible for this location. The remaining fields are optional.

  3. Click the Next icon to display the Detail window.

Location Definition Detail Window

  1. Market, Sub-Market, and Media Type display if selected on the Prompt.  Otherwise, fill in these fields.

  2. Fill in the Location ID and freeform Location Description.

Note:  The same Location ID may be used for a similar but different location description if the Market or Media type or Space Description is not identical.

  1. Click Illuminated if it applies.

  2. Complete the Longitude and Latitude fields with GPS accurate measurements. (There are web sites that provide these interactively.)

  3. Add the DEC Circulation figure.

  4. To include an additional comment on this definition, click the down arrow for Location Narrative to launch a freeform text window.

  5. Click Save when completed.

To create additional locations for this Vendor, Market, and Sub-Market.

  1. Choose the number of rows to be added.

  2. Click the Add icon.

Using the same ID code in different markets

If you have a major highway intersection that belongs to more than one market (the way you defined them), it is possible to use the same Location ID in each of those markets, if you ensure that: