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      Co-Location

      Co-Location is when a system generated route favors an existing corridor for Pipelines, Powerlines or Transportation infrastructure.

      • Enabling the Co-location function makes features meeting user-defined criteria more attractive to the routing process.
      • The criteria consist of a linear corridor (Existing Pipelines, Powerlines, or Transportation), as well as a Land Ownership type. You may decide to use all or some of these settings depending on the needs of the project. 

      Getting Started

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      1. Use Co-location  
      Co-location Reporting Settings
      2. Co-location Corridor

      * FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY

      Used to determine the corridor width for reporting on features that are Co-located with the route, within the defined corridor. Existing Pipelines, Powerlines, Roads, and Railroads that fall within the Co-location corridor will appear in the Detailed Reports and Summary Report.

      (Minimum Setting = 25ft, Maximum Setting = 750ft)
      3. Minimum Co-location Length

      * FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY

      The distance the route is Co-located with a given feature. All segments of the route which are Co-located for a distance greater than or equal to the set value within the corridor will be reported as Co-located. 

      (Minimum Setting = 1ft, Maximum Setting = 5280ft)

      Co-location Reporting Setting Summary

      • If the Minimum Co-Location Length is LESS than the Co-Location Corridor, MORE features will be included in the reports.
      • If the Minimum Co-Location Length is GREATER than the Co-Location Corridor, FEWER features will be included in the reports

      How the length of a co-location feature is determined
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      How the Co-location Corridor setting impacts what's included in a Route report

      Example 1

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      Example 2

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      Example 3

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      Co-location Routing Settings
      4. Include Source Toggle to include or exclude in the Co-location process.
      5. Sub-Types Toggle on/off Sub-Types to apply the same weight across all sub-types within a source.
      6. Co-location Preferences

      For included Sources and Sub-Types, use the slider to set the Co-location Preference, encouraging the application the place importance on routing within existing infrastructure corridors:

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      7. Buffer (feet) Sets the corridor width where the routing tool can Co-locate with a feature.
      8. Land Ownership Type Toggle on/off the listed Land Ownership type(s) to allow Co-location within these areas.

       

      Notes:

      The above example will set a High preference for a System Generated route to be Co-located with Existing Pipelines and a Medium/High preference to be Co-located with Powerlines. Co-location will be applied to existing corridors on Private Land. Corridors on Federal and State Land will not be included in the preferences.