Finding Assets on the map in the Grit SMART Find Menu

There are a number of ways to identify map features and locations in the Find section of Grit SMART's main menu. As well as assets, users can locate particular areas and specific roads.

 

Some of these features are system dependent. if you require a feature that you see here, please speak to your sales representative.

 

Find Areas by name

Click Parishes, Wards, Districts or Divisions by name to view that area on the map. The available options here depend on the areas available in your system.

 

 


Click the boxes for the required area and then click Show.

 

 

Each selected area is highlighted. Click the X in the top banner to dismiss the filter.

 

 

 

Find Properties by name

If your system supports property search, Click Property by name to find a property by searching for its name.

Enter the name of the property in the search box and click Search. Click the correct address box and then click Show. This requires Land Registry data to work.

 

 

Finding Roads or Streets


Click Road by name to search for a road or a street.

Enter the name in the search box and click Show.

 

 

Click the left icon to search for a name starting with what you type. 

The right icon means what you type can be anywhere in the name (containing search).

 

 

Click Road by usrn/esu to find a road or street using the USRN or ESU numbers.

 

 

Enter the Unique Street Reference Number (USRN) or the Elementary Street Unit (ESU) and click Show. Within the Local Street Gazetteer and the National Street Gazetteer database, a USRN is an 8-digit unique identifier that is assigned to each street in the country. An ESU is a unique ID assigned to each section of a road.

Each USRN may contain several ESUs to differentiate each section of a long road.

 

 

Tick the boxes to select the matching roads, then click Show.  

 

 

Use Postcodes

Click Postcode to find a location by using its postcode.

 

 

Enter the Post Code and click Show. The map screen jumps to the centre of the searched for post code.

 


 

Use Coordinates

Click Coordinate to find a location using coordinates.

 

 

Enter the X (Eastings) and Y (Northings) coordinates and click Show

The coordinates come from the BNG (British National Grid) created by Ordnance Survey.

 

 

Find an Asset by ID

Click Asset by id to search for an asset using its unique ID number.

 

 

Enter the ID number and click Show. Asset IDs can either be the KaarbonTech asset ID, or a linking ID to an external system if the asset data has come from an external source.

 

 

Find an Asset by Filter

Click Assets by filter to search for assets based on specific asset characteristics.

 

 

Create an asset selection Using Filters.

Find specific types of assets with this function. Select filters to find a single asset, a group of them, or a specific asset type.