Mapping Road Services
Requesting A New Road Name
Our mapping standards are based on state mapping requirements. We utilize satellite positioning to properly and accurately map a new road. In order to request a new road name, the following guidelines must be met.
- Pick up a “New Road Name” request form at the E911 Mapping Office.
- All current residents or residents currently building on property affected by the new road must sign request.
- Bring the signed request form back to the E911 Center with road name choices.
- E911 Mapping personnel will take the proposed road name before the proper Commission for approval.
Mapping
Sequatchie County Emergency Communications Mapping Office is dedicated to efficiently and effectively providing E911 addresses for emergency services. This includes any new road requests. As the County continues to prosper, we are consistently upgrading our equipment and services offered to the residents of Sequatchie County. In April of 2007, we purchased a GIS (Global Information System) to improve the quality of mapping and dispatching. Prior to that, the mapping personnel had to manually calculate distances and measurements and send them to an outside vendor to provide new roads and maps. With the purchase of GIS, all of these services are now completed in-house.
Why GIS?
GIS provides the most accurate information for a structure or road. The GIS uses global positioned satellites to locate latitude and longitude readings for the new road. That information is then uploaded in a computer to determine the exact location of the new road. We also update the dispatcher equipment so that their maps reflect the new information at all times and allow them to get the emergency responders to the scene of an emergency quickly and
accurately. The road will be drawn on the maps exactly as it physically appears. Every curve and turn is reflected by the GIS coordinates.
How Do I Get A New Road Named?
Once you and any other residents have completed the “New Road Name” request form and returned it to the E911 Mapping office, the mapping personnel will check for duplicate road names. Once it is determined that the new road name is not a duplication, we submit the request to the appropriate Commission for approval* at the next meeting. The County meets the third Monday of each month and the City meets the first Thursday of each month.
We must have our submissions in two weeks prior to the meeting date. A mapping representative will attend the meeting and present the new road for approval. If the new road is accepted, the mapping personnel will go to the new road with the GIS equipment and obtain all the coordinates of the new road and any addresses that need to be added. The information is brought back to the E911 Center and uploaded into the computer, creating the new road and any new addresses. You will receive a phone call with your new address or confirmation that the road has been named.
*This approval is only for the naming of the new road for E911 addressing. This does not approve the road to be a County or City road. You are responsible for following the respective Commissions guidelines for County or City road approval. This is a separate process.
Things to Note:
- Road must be passable in order for personnel to map it.
- No new addresses can be assigned until the road is approved.
- Developers can name a road if no one is building on the properties.
- If the residents do not want to name the road, E911 Mapping can complete the process for you. The decision of the road name is final and can only be changed by following the “Change” procedure. There is a cost involved for
- road name changes.